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Microsoft sued for discontinuing Windows 10 support (www.courthousenews.com)

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The plaintiff says that Microsoft's tactic of "forced obsolescence" is an "attempt to monopolize the generative AI market."

Case file: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/klein-v-microsoft-san-diego-complaint.pdf

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 96 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Do you not remember Microsoft saying Windows 10 was going to be the last operating system? They literally said they were going to move to continuous updates.

[–] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

Lmao microsoft is such a scum company, always has been.

Lying thieves

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. Tech companies say a lot of things at points in time but having personally spent 3 decades in the industry, the one thing you can rely on is that they will always chase the money. If it means breaking old promises they will do that in a heartbeat and use marketing to spin it as something great for users.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Problem is saying shit like that has consequences.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They kind of have done it though, even now I can upgrade a 10 computer to 11 IF it has the hardware. So from a license level it's effectively what they promised, it's the hardware reqs that are the problem. If they left the name the same we could be sitting at the same issue with the latest "10 Forever" updates being blocked by hardware requirements.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But that’s just it. There’s no reason for the extra hardware requirements they added to 11 other than to force a bunch of users onto new computers, on top of the fact that they’re making it more and more difficult to use Windows without the Internet.

Why are we defending their decisions when all they do is take from us?

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not "defending" shit. But there are holes in the argument when coming from this direction. If we want to win, we have to have a concrete argument.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

They kind of have done it though[:] even now I can upgrade a 10 computer to 11 IF it has the hardware.

That's not continuous updates.

Upgrade != Update

[–] haroldfinch 14 points 1 week ago

For anyone wondering what Microsoft actually said about Windows 10 being the last version: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-may-be-last-version-windows-microsoft-rethinks-operating-system

And no, they didn't it'd be the last Windows. They said it'd be the last traditional release before moving on to "Windows as a Service".

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I understand that Microsoft never officially said this. It was a comment by an MS employee who was not in a position to make such a claim.