Backporting security updates is a huge cost, as involves enormous amounts of tests on old platforms as well. Having one windows to support is a huge win for Mic

Backporting security updates is a huge cost, as involves enormous amounts of tests on old platforms as well. Having one windows to support is a huge win for Microsoft, and the whining of the people seems to be a cost they are willing to take. (it has other benefits for them, and for the users as well apart from security) Also note: when people say they moved to Ubuntu, they do the same whining about systemd and every innovation they perceive as "breaking change". Ordinary people are the greatest burden of progress, because usually they cannot (or do not wish to put effort into) understand the greater picture and the benefits to them. Sidenote: GWX is broken. I had to do my update with manually downloaded installer media as windows update on win7 and GWX didn't work.