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For the elderly, this is why: https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-9900/version_id-508525/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11.html

For the elderly, this is why: https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-9900/version_id-508525/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11.html https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/p... I'd much rather Grandma have to learn to do something slightly differently than to hear about how Grandma had her bank account information stolen by some JavaScript malware. For those with genuine use cases (I.e. ancient software that doesn't even work with the compatibility shims) I agree that there should be some way to run IE11 and older (and with only themselves to blame if they get pwned by ignoring the risks).

mulmen 4y ago
> I'd much rather Grandma have to learn to do something slightly differently This attitude is responsible for more harm than any other single idea in software development. Do not break your users. You think you have a choice here but what really happens is Grandma stays on old software forever because the beatings have taught her to never update anything. And the really sad part is that she's right.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  Grandma just buys the iPad because it just works and stays up to date without risk of malware while Windows is left a rotting mess of garbage because they are too afraid to change anything.
  - mulmen 4y ago
    Most iOS updates are invisible. The ones that aren’t cause some consternation. My parents were both thrilled when I showed them how to put the address bar back at the top of Safari.