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What I'm picking at is not requiring some min HW to run their adware. It's how much, compared with the development of their OS. W11 is mostly W10+trash.
The requirements are 7 year old hardware. While not everyone upgrades their PC every 7 years, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to stop supporting 7 years old hardware. Apple requires iPhone XS (6 years old) for iOS 18, Google requires Pixel 6 (3 years old) for Android 15, MacOS Sequoia requires 6 years old laptops. Turns out Microsoft is the one giving the most support.
The requirements listed things that W11 doesn't technically require, like TPM. The OS works just fine without it. It was a business requirement, not a technical one, that got people upset.
TPM is required for Windows 11 because it is used for security purposes. The world is filled with things that aren’t “technically required” but they are actually required because they help prevent things. The web doesn’t “technically require” HTTPS, but modern websites require an HTTPS connection. A seatbelt isn’t “technically required” to drive a car, but you are required to wear one anyways.
This is like a car seat manufacturer refusing to "support" cars without seatbelts and then claiming their new line of seats is secure.
It is not the same. The government won’t even allow you to drive a car without a seatbelt if you somehow managed to buy one. Anyways most cars will provide you support for 5 years. A car is worth tens of thousands of dollars yet you get less support than a computer and nobody is complaining about that. Just like you can use your car with its 10 years old software, you can use your 10 years old computer with your old OS (Windows 10). This is a very simple problem.
Obviously it's not exactly the same. It's an analogy. It's only meant to help illustrate a point.