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Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million PCs to landfills: Report - CNA
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this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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I really doubt an average Joe would buy a new computer once the old OS goes end-of-life. Joe would just continue using an EOL system and hope everything is alright.
I’m sure average Joe doesn’t even know what EOL means, or knows when it happens. :)
Yeah Elastic Orange Llamas will be difficult to deal with but I think Joe can manage.
*ELO it was a band.
More than anyone, they knew Mr. Blue Sky.
Yeah we're fucked :)
I liked the suggestion to throw Linux on all of the "losses"
Software updates will stop and render the possibility of an unsafe system more and more over time. Since there are no updates, if a backdoor is found it won't be patched.
Besides that you'll probably be able to use it for a few more years as long as your apps still work