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I'm sure the 'third world' is bracing for the ecological disaster this will create. Anybody with a device more than four years old will toss it right in the tra
by yabones 5y ago
I'm sure the 'third world' is bracing for the ecological disaster this will create. Anybody with a device more than four years old will toss it right in the trash and buy something new.
Sure, it will create lots of devices for us *nix people, but that won't stop tens or hundreds of thousands of working computers going to "recycling". Of course, we don't actually recycle e-waste, we just put it on a barge and take it to SE Asia or Africa where children burn it to harvest the metals.
The "greenwashing" of new devices is harmful - the best thing we can do is continue to use the ones we already have, and make them more repairable and supportable. A big part of that responsibility falls to Microsoft, who has done something reprehensible here.
- bserge 5y ago"Best" part is, a large percentage new computers (laptops, small desktops, AIOs) have all the components soldered. Just toss that motherboard complete with the processor, GPU and SSD - who cares, you're using a glass straw!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago> I'm sure the 'third world' is bracing for the ecological disaster this will create. Anybody with a device more than four years old will toss it right in the trash and buy something new. They really won't. Much like with Windows 8-10, a lot of people are just going to refuse to upgrade and stick with 10 (or even 7) for years and years until something finally breaks compatibility with something they care about.
- AlexandrB 5y agoI've seen many commenters positioning Windows 11 as a "bad" windows in the good, bad, good, bad... alternating theory of windows versions. We'll see if that perception is widespread, but Microsoft may be back with a Windows 12 that fixes some of the issues before too long.