> 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 o

> 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.