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The most important part of this, which it appears people may have missed is: >legacy drivers published on Windows Update You can still go download the legacy
by qualeed 1y ago
The most important part of this, which it appears people may have missed is:
>legacy drivers published on Windows Update
You can still go download the legacy drivers directly. They just wont be automatically installed/updated via Windows Update. No devices are being bricked, your PC isn't breaking.
I get that Microsoft is the most evil company in the world, or whatever, but this is way overblown.
- rini17 1y ago> You can still go download the legacy drivers directly. Directly from where? This is likely to be an issue too for older hardware.
- qualeed 1y agoFrom wherever the hardware vendor (or anyone else who has copies of the driver) wants to upload them to.
- crtasm 1y agoThat's going to be a lot of drivers that you can't directly download.
- int_19h 1y agoWindows ecosystem already has numerous third party driver repositories, ironically because Windows Update was fairly late to the party as the primary source of drivers. Even very old and obscure stuff (e.g. from the Win9x era) is usually possible to find.
- baobun 1y agoIf your hardware vendor fails to provide you working drivers for your old gear, it's a stretch putting that blame on Microsoft.