I spent 40+ years in ICT from development and support through to senior management. I understand the business more than casually.
The overall PC industry is based on planned obsolescence. I bought a Canon scanner in XP days that did evrything I needed. Fast forward a few years and no drivers for Win7. Canon said I had to buy a new scanner as mine was no longer technologically compatible. Curious claim, that (actually pure BS). A bit of Dr Google and experimenting and I found the driver for a more expensive Canon scanner worked just fine, although one had to know how to force load it. I am still using that scanner on 10 and Canon never owned up to it working as a matter of their policy. It has been good value despite Canon casting us customers adrift.
Sheeple would have just bought a new scanner and tossed a perfectly good one into the bin just because Canon wanted to sell another one. Not good for the wallet or the environment, but good for Canon P/L.
