The Computer Exorcist Podcast18 Juli 2025

113 The Cash Grab Cycle of Waste

Tonight on CEP!

Apprentice Palmer brings his uncanny technical sense of smell to help me thrash some articles. (He's the guy who's been manning the fort so I can go on the book tour!)
We read several articles on the same topic: The Windows 10-11 End of Support, or what could be the greatest Cash Grab I've ever seen.
People are under the impression that their computers are going to get viruses or cease to operate after an arbitrary date in October of 2025. Microsoft is encouraging them to buy new PCs.
The requirements to upgrade your current PC to Windows 11 started out very arbitrary and excluded recent and powerful PCs. When PIRG stared them down, MS relented, but they didn't bother telling anyone about their relaxed requirements.
As such, an estimated 240-400 MILLION PERFECTLY GOOD COMPUTERS are at risk of being thrown in the landfills.
One article claims they'll all be recycled, yet another article reports that only around 22% of ewaste is recycled.
In reality, you can keep using those machines for at least another 3-5 years. After that, we can bypass the requirements and upgrade your older PC to Win11 (and beat it up so it's usable) or liberate you from the Microsoft Circus with a product called Mint!
"We deserve better than a world where nothing's designed to last."

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