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Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers (philipbohun.com)
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Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.

Without Builders, you don't have software, and without software, you don't have users. This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

when Microsoft decides to EOL

Will never happen. The freaking VB6 runtime is still supported in Win11, and there's a mountain of .NET Framework code still out there.

Framework 4.8 still gets regular security updates, and will for years to come.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Yeah I'm not holding my breath. It will be around for a long time.

    A couple of things I could see changing that would be a) Microsoft in financial trouble, b) AI both making it harder to keep up with security bugs, and making it easier to migrate away from legacy systems.

    The chances of .net framework being among the first to go is slim though.

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