• kennebel@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m sure average Joe doesn’t even know what EOL means, or knows when it happens. :)

    • moonburster@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Software updates will stop and render the possibility of an unsafe system more and more over time. Since there are no updates, if a backdoor is found it won’t be patched.

      Besides that you’ll probably be able to use it for a few more years as long as your apps still work