‘It is clear that users are frustrated’: Consumer Rights Group accuses Microsoft of not providing a ‘viable solution’ for Windows 10 users who cannot upgrade to Windows 11
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- Microsoft recently threw a lifeline for consumers and offers alternatives for paying $ 30 for extensive support for Windows 10
- Pirg thinks that this does not go far enough in terms of avoiding an imminent disaster with e-waste
- The organization suggests that Microsoft is considering offering support in the longer term for Windows 10, or relaxing the spec requirements for Windows 11
Microsoftthe recent lifeline to help those get stuck Windows 10 – because they have not met the stricter Hardware requirements for a Windows 11 -Upgrade – According to a group of consumer rights, is simply not enough.
The register reports That it has spoken with Lucas Rockett Gutterman, who leads the designed for the last campaign for the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) in the US.
As you may know, Pirg has a mission to combat aging and e-waste. The organization has previously leveled accusations at Microsoft from it Windows 11 Requirements to effectively push hundreds of millions of perfectly usable PCs into the landfill, come the end of Windows 10 in October 2025.The organization is not only in that.)
Maybe you saw that last week Microsoft made a concession On this front. We have known for a long time that one option will be for consumers Pay $ 30 for an extra year of security updates (Something that has never been offered before), but now Microsoft has also introduced some other choices.
Instead of sorting in cash, you can choose to use the Windows -Back -UPP -App to synchronize all your settings with the cloud (OneDrive). As an alternative you can exchange 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points.
However, Gutterman is clearly not impressed by the new choices and the register says: “The new Microsoft options are not going far enough and will probably not make a dent in the maximum 400 million Windows 10 PCs that cannot upgrade to Windows 11.”
Gutterman adds that: “What [Microsoft hasn’t] It is made to automatically offer longer support for Windows 10 or to release the hardware requirements for Windows 11. “
“It is clear that users are frustrated,” concludes Gutterman. ‘They feel hanging around and don’t think so [latest] Announcement offers a feasible solution. “
Analysis: Thinking after an extension of a year
To be honest with Microsoft, I think giving Windows 10 users a few new options to prevent $ 30 from being paid to keep security updates for an extra year (until October 2026), actually a very positive move -especially because just using the backup app is not a particularly substantial imposition.
I can see where Gutterman comes from with the points he makes, but the suggestion that Microsoft could consider to release the system requirements for Windows 11 is rather a waste of breath. That is not going to happen right now, and I think the software giant has been pretty clear about it.
For me, the most important point is that the Windows 10 support offers after an extra year for consumers, and this is something I’ve been working on for a while. Although companies can get a three -year program of extensive security updates (if they want so much), Microsoft has only offered consumers for a year.
Perhaps the software giant thinks this is enough, but it really is not – not when it comes to holding off all those Olds PCs from the Scrapheap. Why doesn’t Microsoft look at expanding support for several years for consumers, from an environmentally friendly perspective?
Only a second extra year of support would be a welcome extra breathing space, even if Microsoft would be charged for it instead of offering an alternative perspective, such as the use of the Back -Up app. Of course, an unpaid option would be better. I would even recommend that Windows 10 supports advertisements to keep those security updates for two or three years.
What do you mean that has already happened And advertisements are everywhere? Ahem-in all seriousness, I think that Microsoft’s allowance to push more advertising reports (in a still limited way) would be a compromise within Windows 10 that many would take, instead of paying extra to keep their non-windows 11 compatible PC alive until 2027 or 2028. could stump.
Anyway, I fully agree with Pirg that an extension of a year for consumers is not good enough in terms of Microsoft’s responsibilities to prevent excessive e-waste and hopefully the company will see the feeling in further extensive updates for consumers, not just companies.
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