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The underlying issue is MS software is running on customer machines so it’s not part of their bottom line. They have little incentive to care as long as it’s n
by Retric 2y ago
The underlying issue is MS software is running on customer machines so it’s not part of their bottom line. They have little incentive to care as long as it’s not so slow their monopoly breaks.
- nomel 2y agoMy tinfoil hat told me that they're in cahoots with the big PC manufacturers, and use it as a part of planned obsolescence.
- gosub100 2y agoAdditionally, I suspect there's 4 decades of legacy backward compatibility hacks that doing anything intelligent to help UX is impossible. It might break some peanut butter factory in Indiana that is paying for support.
- RedShift1 2y agoThey have been breaking things left and right for quite some time now, I don't think they care about this anymore.