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Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates

Tuesday September 16, 2025. 01:30 PM , from TheRegister
Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day
European e-waste campaigners are calling on EU leadership to force tech vendors to provide 15 years of software updates, using Microsoft's plan to end Windows 10 support next month — which may make an estimated 400 million PCs obsolete — as a textbook case of avoidable e-waste.…
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