The biggest thing for a .NET developer that stands out: > We also saw an opportunity to further simplify .NET, by removing .NET Standard as a concept, for .NET

The biggest thing for a .NET developer that stands out: > We also saw an opportunity to further simplify .NET, by removing .NET Standard as a concept, for .NET 5.0+. .NET Standard has played a key role in establishing .NET Core, by creating a bridge with .NET Framework and Xamarin. [..] We don’t expect to create any new netstandard versions. .NET Standard 2.1 will likely be the last version. As a developer also supporting a few Web Forms apps I hope this doesn't cause a split in the ecosystem in which more and more libraries will drop .NET Framework support (through .NET Standard) altogether and decide only to support .NET 5.