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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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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

forcing people to support a project for Y amount of years would really harm indie developers releasing Linux distros and the like

Solution: implement as consumer protection that only applies to paid OS's (and also ones that require a license, even if it's "free" due to coming with the hardware)

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then Microsoft makes windows free and monetizes the shit out of services in the OS.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Then people move to Linux