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Windows 10 has 67% market share, Windows 11 has 27%. There is absolutely no chance Windows 10 gets killed next year. Don't forget Microsoft backed down from r

Windows 10 has 67% market share, Windows 11 has 27%. There is absolutely no chance Windows 10 gets killed next year. Don't forget Microsoft backed down from removing Paint from Windows after some minor backlash.

dspillett 3y ago
> Don't forget Microsoft backed down from removing Paint from Windows after some minor backlash. A more relevant example might be that they extended the life of XP because there was demand for the netbooks of the time that there was no way Vista would run on acceptably. In that case, as with being forced off Win10, Linux was the main alternative.
hulitu 3y ago
> Don't forget Microsoft backed down from removing Paint from Windows after some minor backlash. They still removed it. The new Paint is a parody.
- abhinavk 3y ago
  The new Paint is still the older Paint with a few new features. Back in the day, MS was trying to replace paint.exe with Paint3D app.
- vel0city 3y ago
  The new paint is massively improved compared to the old paint. Layer support for PNG finally, if the only improvement, makes whatever tradeoffs are in the app (I haven't found any downsides personally) worth it.
AdamN 3y ago
Where's that data from?
SirMaster 3y ago
Well it's explicitly not getting killed. You can pay for updates after the date. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988896/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumers-paid https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988896/microsoft-window...
elzbardico 3y ago
Large companies will be forced to milk for extended support agreements if they can't upgrade to Windows 10. Domestic and small business users will be left in the dark, but not before Microsoft extends support for one more year or two just at the cusp of the deadline so they can show they were generous in case they are met in the future with some class action because windows 10 users were targeted with malware due to the lack of security updates.

dspillett 3y ago

> Don't forget Microsoft backed down from removing Paint from Windows after some minor backlash. A more relevant example might be that they extended the life of XP because there was demand for the netbooks of the time that there was no way Vista would run on acceptably. In that case, as with being forced off Win10, Linux was the main alternative.

hulitu 3y ago

> Don't forget Microsoft backed down from removing Paint from Windows after some minor backlash. They still removed it. The new Paint is a parody.

abhinavk 3y ago
The new Paint is still the older Paint with a few new features. Back in the day, MS was trying to replace paint.exe with Paint3D app.
vel0city 3y ago
The new paint is massively improved compared to the old paint. Layer support for PNG finally, if the only improvement, makes whatever tradeoffs are in the app (I haven't found any downsides personally) worth it.

AdamN 3y ago

Where's that data from?

SirMaster 3y ago

Well it's explicitly not getting killed. You can pay for updates after the date. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988896/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumers-paid https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988896/microsoft-window...

elzbardico 3y ago

Large companies will be forced to milk for extended support agreements if they can't upgrade to Windows 10. Domestic and small business users will be left in the dark, but not before Microsoft extends support for one more year or two just at the cusp of the deadline so they can show they were generous in case they are met in the future with some class action because windows 10 users were targeted with malware due to the lack of security updates.