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		Havoc 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Removal of unwanted drivers from Windows Update Seems like this would result in a ton of printers etc hitting landfills

guidedlight 10 months ago [–]

Would it? Printers are a great example. Almost every printer made in the last 20 years supports at least PCL6 perfectly fine.

Why do we still need thousands of proprietary drivers, when just one will do?

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