The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG from Public Interest Research Group) sent an application to Microsoft calling her company to reconsider the impending abandonment of Windows 10 in view of the millions of computers headed for landfill.
The application of PIRG has collected until today 20.000 signatures.
In less than two years the Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, and according to current estimates, 400 million PCs cannot be upgraded to Windows 11.
The petition, addressed to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, criticizes the company's plans and states that consumers do not want to throw away their devices for an arbitrary decision.
PIRG warns on the other hand that dumping this much material in landfills is completely against the company's stance on the environment.
The application states:
"The software will reach a point where it will no longer be supported, but the consequences for our environment will be so great that we must not accept them."
