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>You can never imagine how many people are still using WinXP XP still has 0.38% of market share (specifically Windows non-mobile platforms) according to [1], n
by waste_monk 1y ago
>You can never imagine how many people are still using WinXP
XP still has 0.38% of market share (specifically Windows non-mobile platforms) according to [1], not sure about absolute numbers.
>If you remove 3DES, the TLS connection will simply fail.
Strong backwards compatibility is great, but continuing to run XP 10+ years after EOL is a personal choice and its remaining users should not expect the world to continue to accomodate them forever. I don't think it's unreasonable to deny them service in this case.
[1] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/d...
- zzq1015 1y ago0.38% of what? For sites like Google, it's still too large to ignore. Also, a fun fact: Google still serves plain HTTP for really old clients, just in case the client barely supports HTTPS.
- waste_monk 1y ago>0.38% of what? Machines visiting sites with statcounter tracking widgets (and presumably not running with scripts/cookies disabled etc. ). That works out to be ~5ish million internet connected XP machines, apparently[1]. >For sites like Google, it's still too large to ignore. They do this sort of thing all the time [2]. IIRC Reader still had several million users when it got the axe. [1] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2091600/youre-not-really-still-using-windows-xp-are-you.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2091600/youre-not-real... [2] https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/