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> that's the first platform I've ever seen that needed an OS update to install the OS's own browser Used to be the case for Windows as well with Internet Explo

• gjsman-1000 5y ago
  And Microsoft Edge right after that for a few years.
  • wila 5y ago
    You can install Microsoft Edge right now still on Windows 2008 R2 as well as on Windows 7. [1] They even support this for WebView2, the embedded version of MS Edge that you can use in your applications. [2] Both of those operating systems have been retired for a while. Microsoft has its flaws as well, but at least in this part they are doing quite well. I just happen to be working on a WebView2 ActiveX control and this is one of those areas that really did surprise me. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-supported-operating-systems https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-s... [2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#supported-platforms https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#su...
• zh3 5y ago
  My mistake then, I guess I never hit that despite using Windows way more than IOS (Windows has a lot better at backward compatibility, at least in my experience). Personal experience with trying to switch to Mac has been...well, both expensive and unpleasant. Single data point, but new hardware that fails every 4 minutes after power on and the fix being an upsell has really put me off.