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Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

I'd bet most non-nerdy people would rather not upgrade their PCs at all. Upgrading is financially hard, while using an EOL OS in their eyes, especially if it is better than the new version, isn't bad. Maybe even good, because no sudden, annoying, unskippable updates would come anymore.