If updates were fully backwards compatible, they wouldn’t be upgrades, they would be addons.
Windows has been notoriously backwards compatible, because it is extensively used in any business and tons of those have old machines that need to work 20 years before they pay themselves back, and thus need compatible OSes to run it.
Lately, Microsoft is finally trimming the fat that has been dragging along for decades, while still maintaining the compatibility by making it optional.
It’s always entertaining when people complain about not being able to stop Windows updates.
Like, has it occurred to you that you are the reason the MS had to prevent you from being able to update your system?!
If updates didn’t randomly delete user data I’d be slightly less worried.
I had forgotten about https://www.howtogeek.com/658194/windows-10s-new-update-is-deleting-peoples-files-again/
Thank you for reminding me!
If only all updates were fully backwards compatible it would not be an issue.
If updates were fully backwards compatible, they wouldn’t be upgrades, they would be addons.
Windows has been notoriously backwards compatible, because it is extensively used in any business and tons of those have old machines that need to work 20 years before they pay themselves back, and thus need compatible OSes to run it.
Lately, Microsoft is finally trimming the fat that has been dragging along for decades, while still maintaining the compatibility by making it optional.