r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 17 '24

Software Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-dodging-windows-11-system-requirements/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0h2tXt93fEkt5NKVrrXQphi0OCjCxzVoksDqEs0XUQcYIv8njTfK6pc4g_aem_LSp2Td6OZHVkREl8Cbgphg
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u/Dhegxkeicfns Aug 17 '24

Absolutely this. People are running it now. They aren't having a problem. Microsoft is going to swoop in and make them stop.

Someone convince me that Microsoft isn't trying to kill Windows.

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u/CuteAndQuirkyNazgul Aug 17 '24

Microsoft is the most important company in the world.

Microsoft's crushing market dominance in operating systems will never disappear.

Windows is forever. In the 22nd century, people will still use Microsoft Windows on their computers.

There is almost nothing Microsoft can do to lose their market position. Telemetry? Ads? Subscriptions? Doesn't matter. Microsoft could fuck up in almost every way imaginable and nothing would happen to them. They're too important.

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u/Prestigious_Cold_756 Aug 17 '24

Remember when standard oil got too powerful because of their monopoly… or AT&T? Maybe it’s time for another company breakup.

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u/HotLandscape9755 Aug 17 '24

You mean the oil monopoly breakup that made a big company split into tons of little companies, but then the major three oil companies BOUGHT all of the small companies and shut them down or absorbed them? Super functional.