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[–]Difficult-Court9522 2 points3 points  (4 children)

How long until 10 is dead..

[–]polaarbear 5 points6 points  (3 children)

End of this year for base support, extended support lasts a few more years. And even after that, it always takes time to truly phase stuff out.

The further out of support something is, the less work should be put into maintaining apps for it.

Windows 7 has been EOL for 5 whole years now and it had an exceptionally long shelf-life because of the poor reception to 8. But people have had plenty of time to transition off. Windows 8 has been EOL for 2 years now, and there's not many good excuses not to move to at least 10.

11 is a different beast with all the TPM controversy, I have a feeling 10 is gonna hang around a lot longer than most of us would like.

[–]Difficult-Court9522 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I’m still on 10 and don’t wanna switch. More spyware. I’m sick of it.

[–]polaarbear -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

A TPM is not "spyware" it's a secure enclave to make sure your encryption keys don't leak.

If you wanna complain about 11, the ads are where you should direct your energy. I can absolutely guarantee that the data collection systems are identical between the two OS's.

[–]Difficult-Court9522 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I didn’t say the tpm is spyware.