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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Obonga@feddit.de 42 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Windows 11 can suck my stinky cock. Windows will successfully force my LAZY ass to Linux. I am already testing the waters with my laptop.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Take a bath. And get a job.

(but yeah, eleven is awful)

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Lol Vista and povety is what made me switch

[–] tills13@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with Windows 11? I use it on my gaming machine and my work laptop and it seems fine. Good, even.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

It is straight up incompatible with older hardware.

And that's before accounting for the bloat and telemetry that they have in it, and the shitty changes to the UI, etc.