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Security vulnerabilities are found in browsers. Browsers are updated to fix the security vulnerabilities. People upgrade to the latest version to get the secu
by JimDabell 2y ago
Security vulnerabilities are found in browsers.
Browsers are updated to fix the security vulnerabilities.
People upgrade to the latest version to get the security fixes.
If a person is using a browser that is years out of date, they are subject to a lot of security vulnerabilities in a piece of software that is constantly exposed to untrusted code.
Using an old browser is unsafe. If you encounter people using old browsers, you should strongly encourage them to do whatever they can to update their browser for their own good. If they do this, a nice side-effect is that you don’t have to support their older browser version.
- eviks 2y agoYours is s PSA for updating browsers, but this doesn't explain breaking backwards compatibility since newer browsers with security updates don't break older CSS features.
- JimDabell 2y ago> Nevertheless, I left a bit concerned that they hadn't updated their Chrome in 3 years. Software decays much quicker than hardware in a real way, especially with the never ending list of security vulnerabilities found every year. Theres definitely a case to be made that forcing software upgrades is good for the end user too. It seems very easy to understand the logic here. What part don’t you grasp? Don’t support older versions => this pressures them to upgrade => upgrading is good for their security.