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No, and neither does macOS. But if I bought a printer seven years ago and the driver is definitely outdated, my Linux and macOS machines aren't forcing me to st
by zsoltkacsandi 1y ago
No, and neither does macOS. But if I bought a printer seven years ago and the driver is definitely outdated, my Linux and macOS machines aren't forcing me to stop using it. Legacy/outdated software will be always with us. The solution is not to brick the end users' device.
- frollogaston 1y agoDepends where you got the driver from. macOS includes some via the system updates, and those get removed sometimes. Windows has the equivalent. It's not that Microsoft is deleting drivers you installed yourself from outside, they're ones "published on Windows Update" according to the post.
- zsoltkacsandi 1y agoJust a quick note: macOS usually doesn't distribute third-party vendor drivers through system updates. Most hardware vendors provide their own macOS drivers directly, if needed. So while Windows may include some third-party drivers via Windows Update, macOS tends to leave that up to the user or the vendor.
- frollogaston 1y agoOh you're right, I was thinking of the OS X days when I'd get a million updates like https://support.apple.com/en-us/106418 https://support.apple.com/en-us/106418
- gwbas1c 1y agoWindows isn't going to brick your device. The article is twisting words, because according to the official announcement: (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/hardwaredevcenter/removal-of-unwanted-drivers-from-windows-update/4425647 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/hardwaredevcenter/r...) > The first phase targets legacy drivers that have newer replacements already on Windows Update.