That can work for small improvements but not for active development at the pace of Chromium and its forks.

Instagram is banned and blocked in Russia but it hasn’t stopped the people from using it at all.

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They won’t. For most of its history, Russia has been ruled by dictators. Democracy is viewed as chaotic and unpredictable.

It’s a requirement both on paper and in that, even though Microsoft document an official way to bypass it, they will warn you that they do not even guarantee security updates unless your CPU is supported. Moreover, we know of at least one game, Valorant, that will not work on Windows 11 unless you are meeting its hardware requirements. The bottom line is that installing Windows 11 is a risk.

It’s not even a matter of when. I was recently given an i7 6700K, and no game, old or new, comes close to fully using it, and it’s not even overclocked. If anyone is in doubt about the requirement being artificial, try this CPU.

Let’s find out.