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Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by userbinator »

timwaagh wrote: post #30
Beltalowda wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Electron (accidentally) broke Windows 7 support last month, and as a result a number of applications broke for Windows 7 if they used that Electron version (e.g. VSCode). Lots of people complained. It was a fairly minor thing and was quickly fixed by the Electron people. My favourite comment in one of the threads about it: "Related "MS ended support for Win7" - sorry, how it corresponds to development?! Does your ope…

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything (through user action or by the system) to it because there will be a long list of exploits to choose from for anyone wanting a free bitcoin farm. Microsoft might even be paying the 'security researchers' to come up with more. Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless.

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything

...as you always should be anyway.

Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless.

...and being forced into their increasingly user-hostile manipulations? If anything, that saying about "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns" comes to mind.

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by herf »

apankrat wrote: post #2

For what it's worth, we are making a system utility for Windows and our user base in the desktop segment is: Windows 11 18% Windows 10 71% Windows 8.x / 7 11% That is, the percentage of 8/7 is still very much non-trivial. Though our user base is probably skewed towards techy people.

f.lux is also at 11% on Windows 7/8.

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by nyanpasu64 »

herf wrote: post #32
apankrat wrote: post #2

For what it's worth, we are making a system utility for Windows and our user base in the desktop segment is: Windows 11 18% Windows 10 71% Windows 8.x / 7 11% That is, the percentage of 8/7 is still very much non-trivial. Though our user base is probably skewed towards techy people.

f.lux is also at 11% on Windows 7/8.

As a Windows 7 fan, one confounding factor is that Windows 10 eventually added their own Night Light which replaces basic uses of Flux.

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by Tempest1981 »

gtirloni wrote: post #17
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

7 was great. 8 was okay. 10 is great but I don't like the encroachment of ads. Why do I have an advertising ID now? Why do I have ads in my start menu and lock screen? 11 is even worse by the looks of it. The decline definitely began at 8 and has accelerated recently.

I had Win 10 Pro and now Win 11 Pro and never saw any ads. Is this something in the Home edition?

Try explorer: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/file-e...

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by timwaagh »

userbinator wrote: post #31
timwaagh wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything (through user action or by the system) to it because there will be a long list of exploits to choose from for anyone wanting a free bitcoin farm. Microsoft might even be paying the 'security researchers' to come up with more. Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless.

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything ...as you always should be anyway. Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless. ...and being forced into their increasingly user-hostile manipulations? If anything, that saying about "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns" comes to mind.

Every upside has a downside - Cruyff

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by tenebrisalietum »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #5
bakugo wrote: post #3

8.1 was the last decent version of Windows.

The introduction of the hybrid interface in Windows 8 was the beginning of the end. The new 'Setup' versus the old Control Panel and how there's some crossover, but not complete. God, they messed things up. Yeah, I think 7 was the last good version. 8.1 was "sorry for 8.0" but the damage was done and the path forward (wonkily sideways and backwards) was set.

This is one reason I really like Linux and the BSDs. There is a total separation of UI from OS, and due to the command line heritage of UNIX, strong functionality is available without a desktop environment at all. This is also another reason the web has taken over from the desktop.

Re: Chrome: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023

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Post by xd1936 »

ramshanker wrote: post #15

There goes my daily work driver. Surprisingly, it still works awesome with all lots of civil engineering softwares. 16GB DDR3 with an i7 4th Gen. There is no reason to discard it yet. Historically as soon as Microsoft dropped Win7, many of these software followed suit. This is the reason we had to abandon God number of PCs. This time out will be my PC as well than.

I hope you weren't doing any work where you were authenticating anywhere. The reason to discard it (the software) would be years of unpatched security vulnerabilities. Upgrade to Windows 10 or Linux!
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