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Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates (www.theregister.com)
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Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs

This might be a silly question but would this not be a good idea for a start up company that recycle computer parts?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Don't manufacturers purposefuly destroy the computers and such just to ensure that doesn't happen?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    No. Manufacturers have no say in what happens to computer hardware after is sold.

    Some companies may destroy the hard drives to make sure no data gets out. Some companies will remove the memory as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    would this not be a good idea for a start up company that recycle computer parts?

    I really don't think so. Computer recycling already seems to be a low profit business, as evidenced by there not being any large companies that do it (that I'm aware of). This number of computers flooding the market would probably make it even less profitable. Sure, it may be profitable for some small businesses, but nothing on the scale required to address the problem.

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