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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 66 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The most frustrating aspect isn't that the Windows would stop updating, but that everything else stops supporting it as well. W10 gets retired - Chromium browsers stop updating - Websites detect your UA and puts a popup block suggesting you to download a new version rendering sites unusable. Shit's snowballing for the end user.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's most likely going to take a long while though. Win 7 ended mainstream support in 2015 and extended in 2020, the last chrome version to run on it is 109 which was released in 2023.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

I would assume that extended support covers built-in apps like Edge.