Microsoft is being quite criticized for abandoning, as of October of this year, millions of users who are still using Windows 10 in their team.
While Redmond’s will allow to have an exceptional year of free updates, fulfilling the occasional requirement, some users may not opt for it.
This week, The Restart Project, a group focused on the right to repair and the fight against programmed obsolescence, has launched a community tool End of Windows 10 Toolkitwhich is intended to help users who cannot update Windows 11.
This kit is designed as a practical guide, so as not to leave users alone to this imminent forced change that Microsoft will impose.
As you will know, this conflict comes For strict Windows 11 hardware requirementswhich have left millions and millions of devices around the world, and that work perfectly.
From The Restart Project They consider Microsoft’s position as «unnecessarily restrictive,» and warn that this could lead to a large amount of electronic waste that can be perfectly avoidable.
They also denounce that this change could increase the risk of scams and little safe solutions for less expert users.
Another organization, the Public Interest Research GroupHe criticized previously that, although Microsoft has offered a year of exceptional updates, this is insufficient for the more than 400 million computers that will be left behind.
Interestingly, it is a change that the most veterans will remember with Windows XP, but this time the community is more organized and has more powerful tools to fight against this type of unpopular changes.
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Tags: Windows 11, Windows 10