Australia produces 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year but only about half of it is recycled. There are concerns Microsoft's decision to end support for its Windows 10 operating system later this year, which could affect 240 million computers globally, will worsen the problem.
It’s partially liability. When Microsoft ends security updates all liability during a cyber security incident would fall on the end company knowingly running unsupported, and at that point not officially licensed for use software.
The solution obviously being installed Linux or pass legislation to make artificial hardware requirements illegal for operating systems (tpm 2.0).