News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021). Parent comment

Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by init2null on Saturday July 30, 2022 @06:50PM (#32291166)
Microsoft's backward compatibility was always impressive until Windows 10 (ignoring the death of 16-bit on 64-bit Windows). S Mode and the store are great examples of how Microsoft has lost interest in supporting third-party binaries. They want to own Android, not Windows.

I've had software break in the forced feature upgrades of 10, and I had BSODs when printing on every machine I supported at work thanks to a security patch.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Dear startups: I hate subscription services (2021) by Kye on Sunday July 31, 2022 @08:40AM (#32295123)
It's possible they're breaking some stuff so other things work better. A lot of developers are still using the registry, for example. The choice is basically leave it wide open for developers to break or push them to AppData and friends. All the programs I use also use the current standard, and I don't have any issues.

This might actually explain why 10 and 11 have been the most flawless experience I've had with Windows while so many people have endless trouble. It might be similar to the transition to NT in XP: everything broke, but almost everything made after was more stable and secure.

[ Parent | on HN ]