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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> This makes me realize that the Chrome/Edge developers are probably not   
    AT> targeting people with old hardware in an effort to get them to buy new   
    AT> hardware, because most people have already been conned into buying   
    AT> newer hardware and into using Windows. So they already have them where   
    AT> they want them.   
      
   Probably.  But I haven't used Windows for my personal computers for literally   
   decades now.  Work is the only thing that uses Windows and the IT dept usually   
   dictates what versions of software we run.   
      
   Which is probably why I never see stuff like this myself.  It's covered in a   
   "Somebody else's problem field".   
      
    AT> It seems like this is an effort to target the smaller population of PC   
    AT> users who use linux and/or older machines. How are they victimizing the   
    AT> Windows/newer PC people already, and why do they care to get the   
    AT> smaller population on-board?   
      
   They already tried this with the TPM and "secure" boot stuff.  But failed.   
      
   And while Linux is a smaller population than Windows, it's not a small   
   population - as many hardware vendors found out fast when they made   
   Windows-only systems for a short period.   
      
   But I think we are barking up the wrong tree when it comes to "force users to   
   upgrade" idea.   
      
   That's been tried.  It's failed (often horribly).  So it must be something   
   else.   
      
      
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