A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego is attempting to turn Microsoft’s scheduled October 14, 2025 retirement of Windows 10 into a court‑enforced policy debate — asking a judge to compel the company to keep delivering free security updates for Windows 10 until the OS’s market share falls...
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A Southern California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to continue issuing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s published end‑of‑support date of October 14, 2025, arguing the vendor’s lifecycle decision amounts to forced obsolescence and an...
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A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego asks a court to block Microsoft from ending routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a legal challenge that thrusts a routine product lifecycle decision into the center of debates about forced obsolescence, consumer...
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