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Computers that stop working less than 5 years after they first go on sale should be illegal—not fit for purpose under consumer protection law. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/no-discounts-or-warnings-for-people-shopping-eol-chromebooks-on-amazon-walmart/
nostr:npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 Lots of negative things to be said about Microsoft’s business practices, but the service lifetime of their OSes rounds down to 1 decade.
(They did obsolete a lot of processors with Win 11 in a bid to escape from branch prediction security flaw hell, but Win 10 is still in servicing through October 2025.)