this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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Pretty sure Windows has more legacy components than Linux just because no nerds are updating it in their free time
Windows has a lot of legacy components, because there's this Fortune 500 corporation which still depends on it in 2023. Say what you want about Windows, but its backwards compatibility is unmatched. Windows also had 32-bit x86 CPU support until Windows 10, meaning that it could still run some 16-bit Windows 3.0 apps.
Windows is also a clusterfuck of spaghetti code that only the most masochistic person would want to tackle. There's so much legacy stuff in there it's ridiculous. For example you can't name a file com because of the DOS days when a COM file allowed you to access the Serial ports.
It's updated by the entreprise not users
Exactly. Profit is the only thing that matters, so things only change if they'll increase profits.
Then why are they acting like they want to gain less profits ?
More ads/data harvesting gives you more profit
Enterprise keeps what works. Why make it new?
New UIs drive sales up, that's why they refresh the UI every few versions.