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Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 7 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

windows 10 was meant to be the last version of windows, its a bit disingenuous to compare the two that way

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Ughh i hate reading this hoax. W10 was never the last version of windows. It's a paraphrased report of one engineer at Microsoft that said that, but it was never in any official capacity confirmed

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The Verge asked a rep at Microsoft, and this is what they said:

When I reached out to Microsoft about Nixon's comments, the company didn't dismiss them at all. "Recent comments at Ignite about Windows 10 are reflective of the way Windows will be delivered as a service bringing new innovations and updates in an ongoing manner, with continuous value for our consumer and business customers," says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge. "We aren’t speaking to future branding at this time, but customers can be confident Windows 10 will remain up-to-date and power a variety of devices from PCs to phones to Surface Hub to HoloLens and Xbox. We look forward to a long future of Windows innovations."

So they didn't rule out branding changes, but the changes to Win 11 seem like a pretty big change from Win 10, which seems to go against the "Windows will be delivered as a service" statement. So it's not just that one engineer, but probably a broader push (that may have been delayed or scrapped) to push gradual updates consistently instead of larger, periodic updates. I'm no expert, but I didn't really see much difference in how Win 10 was released vs previous versions (e.g. XP, 7, and 10 all had service packs).

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

frankly as long as my windows 10 license is valid in windows 11, i couldn't care less.

But you still wouldn't find me using windows 11.

[–] avatar@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't the entire point of not using "Windows 9" branding and instead going straight to "Windows 10" from 8 that they didn't want the last version of Windows to be 9, that they preferred a nice round number.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

No. The point was they didn't want issues from badly written software that used a "windows 9*" string to check for 95/98

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

nope. 9 is just an unlucky number and lower than competing OS at the time

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

well the way they stopped making new windows versions after 10 (until now) seems to indicate that was the plan

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

W11 released like any other lifecycle, huff copium dude

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

no, i mean i believed that was the plan because they released a new version every 3 years, and then stopped for 10 years

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 7 months ago

Hahahahahaha, and you believe this?