Microsoft Just Became the First Big Company to Commit to Right to Repair

Great! Put the old versions of Windows into software escrow so we can keep older hardware working past the 2-5 year window currently in place. This would let us fix bugs, patch security problems, etc.<p>Thanks, Microsoft!

Typical Microsoft marketing lie, as in last version of windows, windows 10 mobile devices, windows support and so on. Oh wait, they hire consultant to synergise efforts in OKR and drive innovation in right to repair domain according to management indicatives! That’s will be success for sure. Surfaces are highly custom (and badly) engineered and sold in (tens of) thousands. Nobody wish or able to repair them. Nobody even wish to repair new xboxxses. Macs are sold in hundreds millions and getting fixed easily, despite “evil” apple.

Doing this is great marketing for them. Companies like Apple are insistent on locking down their hardware. Microsoft could use this as a marketing tactic to say how they’re environmentally friendly and shit on the other tech companies. It would generate goodwill, and allow them to push their proprietary services on their hardware more easily since people can maintain it longer.

Lmfao right to repair devices that Windows 11 will no longer support just because it doesn’t have a TPM

&gt;Small, Reliable, and Easy to Repair. Pick two.<p>(A comment on the website discussing MS Surface devices)

Xbox optical drive is crypto locked to console, if drive dies and you are outside warranty window your console is finished. Right to repair champions indeed.