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by NovaDudely 1228 days ago
Windows 11 requires a minimum security set on their hardware limiting it to machines only a few years old.

Planned obsolescence in hardware is already here...

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And remember it's not like it actually needs any of it. There's a few checks of the form "if(doesntHaveTpm2) refuseToWork();" in the code, but people have hacked around those and then everything worked fine still.
Windows self-destructing because it needs new hardware to render ads in the start menu… ha