This is the problem - a lot of regular users will just keep using 10 (and will probably be pleased that it’s not nagging them about security updates anymore). Corporations will dump entire offices’ worth of working machines to maintain security or the functionality of whatever features they rely on, or to meet client or government requirements. And many of them will prioritize security, cost, and convenience over reducing harm, so they’ll destroy hard drives or entire devices, and will dumpster tons of equipment overnight with no opportunity to salvage it.
Privately owned computers are much more likely to get passed down and eventually end up in the hands of the family computer person or eBay reseller.
Only for people stubbornly sticking with this trash OS.
Incorrect. E-waste disasters affect everyone.
You mean the very large majority of people?
Yes.
Also for all the vast majority of corporations
Fuck corporations. They themselves are disasters in their own right.
This is the problem - a lot of regular users will just keep using 10 (and will probably be pleased that it’s not nagging them about security updates anymore). Corporations will dump entire offices’ worth of working machines to maintain security or the functionality of whatever features they rely on, or to meet client or government requirements. And many of them will prioritize security, cost, and convenience over reducing harm, so they’ll destroy hard drives or entire devices, and will dumpster tons of equipment overnight with no opportunity to salvage it. Privately owned computers are much more likely to get passed down and eventually end up in the hands of the family computer person or eBay reseller.