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The End (of Windows 10) is nigh! KDE and many other Free Software communities kick off "End of 10" campaign
(lemmy.kde.social)
On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.
This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.
Yours may be one of them!
But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
Learn more: https://endof10.org/press
Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10
No it won't, don't buy into the Microsoft propaganda.
Well, they won't get updates; that's a security risk. They might not run Windows 11; that's e-waste unless they switch to Linux (with KDE for preference).
With the number of times a Windows update has fucked up my computer I'm genuinely more concerned about Microsoft messing up my computer than any hacker.
It's not a security risk to not get updates until there's a known remote code execution exploit in the wild, and by that point it'll be in the news and Microsoft will patch it anyway, like they did for Windows XP in 2017.
... Or not. That is the point of ending support: they are not obligated to anything like that.
You may be missing the point.
The point is Microsoft wants to (again) force/trick/scam people into buying new hardware. Whether they are lying or not, whether there is a workaround or not, is not the point.
The point is the #Endof10 campaign wants to help people exit this cycle of spending, polluting and tech blackmail Microsoft subjects its users to by offering them an out, helping them switch to Free Software systems. Things like Plasma on Linux are perfectly adequate nowadays for most people—and notice the "most", please: I know there will always be edge cases that can't migrate
But, for most people, with a Linux system decked out with a modern desktop and applications? They will find all they need to carry on being productive on their current machines.