Microsoft has been repeating for several months that it is appropriate for all Windows 10 users to switch to Windows 11 since the old OS will be definitively abandoned from the end of next year, opening the door to the exploitation of critical flaws which will be more clogged…
The situation poses a problem since Windows 11 also imposes a modern technical sheet and therefore obliges millions of PCs to renew their hardware, a solution which is far from being in phase with the laws on planned obsolescence and consumption which aims to be of more and more responsible…
Some developers have already offered tools to circumvent the restrictions imposed by Windows 11 during installation, but Microsoft warns that there will be no question of letting it happen…
Microsoft is thus blowing hot and cold by accepting on the one hand that users install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs, while now warning of the fact that these PCs could not benefit from Windows updates, or even the security updates.
Furthermore, in its general conditions of use, Microsoft has just added an exclusion of liability clause concerning the use of W11 on PCs that do not meet the minimum configuration requirements.
Microsoft thus mentions compatibility problems, and clearly mentions the possibility of blocking updates, while indicating that then, the group would not be held responsible for damage caused to the hardware, and that manufacturers' guarantees will not work either. more. Clearly, you will have to manage in the event of a breakdown linked to incompatibility with Windows 11.
But to go further, Microsoft despite everything, plans to spoil the user experience somewhat: a watermark will be displayed on the desktop of users enjoying Windows 11 unofficially. A watermark will be permanently displayed, and a notification may appear regularly to indicate that the minimum requirements are not met.
Let's hope that by the end of the year, government authorities will have taken over to avoid what is already shaping up to be one of the biggest wastes of computer equipment ever.
