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When did Windows start going downhill? (piefed.ca)
submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/ask@piefed.social
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I would say with the release of windows 8.

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[-] ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

They had to skip Windows 9 for technical reasons. A lot of poorly written software was checking the version string and refusing to run because it assumed any version number that started with "Windows 9" was Windows 95 or Windows 98. They didn't skip a whole release cycle, they just changed the version number from 9 to 10.

[-] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

looks like they doubled down on poorly written software instead

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