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Petition Calls on Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Support | PCMag (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 1 year ago by OldQWERTYbastard to c/technology
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I'm all for it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re right in that this isn’t true of your typical working folks who use Microsoft 365, Sharepoint, or specialized design software.

There are a lot of folks who just use their computer for a web browser. When you tell them that their hardware, some of which is as young as 2017, will lock them out of security updates in two years, they’re pretty receptive to alternatives like ChromeOS or Linux.

For some of the older population, the simplicity of such options is a huge perk.

[–] nutsack 0 points 1 year ago

most people are not "installing an operating system"