Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    18 days ago

    That sounds like an insane duration, even LTS distros are not usually anything like 15 years

    • iesha_256@lemmy.ml
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      18 days ago

      this isn’t about the age of the OS, it’s the age of the device. I can install linux on a device from 20 years ago if not more.

    • ratten@lemmings.world
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      18 days ago

      These multi-billion dollar corporations have more than enough resources to provide updates for 15 years.

      There’s nothing insane about it, unless you’ve been conditioned to live vicariously through business owners.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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        18 days ago

        Pretty sure postmarketOS isn’t made by a multi-billion dollar corporation. Such a requirement would mean ONLY multi-billion dollar corporations can release an operating system. You do not want to give them that power.