ncmark wrote on 2021-07-31, 19:54:
Seems like lately there are a lot of threads about (some program) has ended....there was this, my thread on XP, the one about VGA BIOS support....etc
... because we're getting awfully upset with the castration of "old" features, which, if kept, would do no harm, and suddenly being eliminated throw out decades of compatibilty like some rubbish heap.
Most of these decisions are to simplify or 'streamline' but those are just platitudes for big companies cheapening out, being lazy, and forcing / pushing updates and their control and power over the poor, helpless consumer. The cutoff line seems totally needless and arbirary. Win11 "throwing away" as castaways 7th Gen and earlier i3/i5/i7 systems, 95% of which are still powerful enough! So, we need to stick to "end-of-life" hardware and software without artificial limitations, and it won't continue to work forever. The lack of new parts will greatly increase the cost of running 'legacy' stuff in future. It has already started and will become a geometric progression, sadly.