This is nothing new. I think they still do this with XP. I really don't see a problem with it. If enough people pay they might even release a new service pack to make it work with modern standards.

Doubtful, considering their UWP push.

They could integrate that into the service pack. Or better yet just release a Windows 7 Skin for 10.

I develop kernel drivers for Linux.
Remeber the time when linux was on 30 floppy disks.
Had fun with gentoo to compile the "uber-optimized" distribution.
And also spent days with LFS to build my own distribution.
i even intalled Ubuntu to my old dad, to avoid scam websites and viruses.

But yes. Linux is a pain in the arse.
Excellent system to develop on and customise it of having fun configuring stuff and understand the inner workings of a PC.

But for the majority of the users, is just a waste of time.
For gamers even more so.

I can't even bother anymore with obscure distributions: I.e. I install Ubuntu/Mint just to have a Windows like experience.
Also, what is the definition of Linux?

This is why i`m considering going back to my old Windows 7. It`s not even worth it for games.

If they can get away with forcing updates on you without your say so, it`s only a matter of time before they force other things... My desktop pc manages it, but my laptop almost dies everytime.

Might even go Linux.
p.s. i miss the good ole days when everything was a little more work, but optional. Freedom.

Hard to properly evaluate for me, I only used 8 briefly, and then 8.1 briefly, before the free update to win 10. But yes, that wasn't particularly good.

That would require the theming engine to be open enough to even customize without editing system files.

It isn't.

Try Linux then. Test it on your laptop and make the switch if it works for you.

And die in infinite dependencies loop that, in the end, are not-so-optional.

Should we tell him all software ever made eventually exits support?

No need to ever go back to Win 7 when Win 10 is sooo good.

Which is very silly given that it's nothing new and has existed for years.

Oh i remember using vista on sisters pc and call of pripyat or some other stalker game wanted to format drive or something instead of playing it. Had to use a crack to play it there.

8 really was kind of bad because it's kind of in this unfinished state. Microsoft clearly wanted to redesign much of Windows to be something that be would more at home on tablets and phones. Tablets were a fad then so Microsoft probably over-estimated their importance. So you had then this sort of windows half-and-half thing going on where some GUIs had been scaled back and/or replaced with the new Metro stuff. These GUIs may have been dependent on or synergised with other GUIs and it no longer worked together as well anymore. Those retained non-Metro GUIs may have been redesigned themselves which added to the confusion.

It didn't work particularly seamlessly. That, combined with the changes people would have had to adjust to anyway, essentially tanked it.

I only used it for a little while on my friend's computer and a few laptops. I've been using Windows my whole life before that and basic tasks on Windows 8 took me many times longer because it was completely unintuitive and it was obvious that to whoever designed it, mouse was a strange and alien concept.