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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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[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 122 points 5 days ago (14 children)

I would not pursue the path of suing for not supporting a legacy operating system, but instead focus on the forced obsolescence of hardware blocking people moving to Windows 11 on millions of computers that are still perfectly functional.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 96 points 5 days ago (10 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.

[–] haroldfinch 14 points 5 days 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".

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