data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/news/live/windows-10-end-of-life-latest-update-options” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/news/live/windows-10-end-of-life-latest-update-options”>Microsoft finally pulled the plug on Windows 10 support, despite data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/will-microsofts-free-esu-program-for-windows-10-in-europe-create-a-global-precedent” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/will-microsofts-free-esu-program-for-windows-10-in-europe-create-a-global-precedent”>multiple requests and petitions to reconsider the decision. The Public interest Research Group (PIRG) claimed that the move would lead to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-10/petition-microsoft-should-reconsider-cutting-support-for-windows-10-in-2025″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-10/petition-microsoft-should-reconsider-cutting-support-for-windows-10-in-2025″>the single biggest jump in junked computers, potentially leaving approximately data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/hp-and-dell-say-half-of-todays-pcs-still-run-windows-10″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/hp-and-dell-say-half-of-todays-pcs-still-run-windows-10″>500 million PCs unsupported.
The group recently doubled down on its efforts in an attempt to get Microsoft to backtrack its decision. It claimed that data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/microsofts-end-of-windows-10-support-sparks-programmed-obsolescence-concerns-widening-the-digital-divide-for-400-million-pcs” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/microsofts-end-of-windows-10-support-sparks-programmed-obsolescence-concerns-widening-the-digital-divide-for-400-million-pcs”>ending support for Windows 10 only widens the digital divide gap, leading to…
