Devs have adapted to new frameworks on macOS despite the market share being significantly lowerMicrosoft does what their clients ask. Do you really think that Microsoft wants to continue to maintain the legacy code? If Microsoft announced that effective Jan 1 2028, Windows 12 would be a complete re-start with no support for legacy hardware and Apps can you imagine the lawsuits. As long as businesses continue to insist that Windows 11/12/13 need to support Apps built around Win 95 support this crap will continue.
Iam pretty sure if Microsoft said “hey you guys need to use modern frameworks or we can’t guarantee your stuff will run on new versions of Windows” a good amount of devs will get on the ball
Nobody is asking Microsoft to go cold turkey and break compatibility overnight, I understand perfectly legacy software is a big deal on Windows but when NEW APPLICATIONS are developed with a framework that doesn’t even provide the correct look and feel on Windows 11 because WinUI is still pretty awful you can tell Microsoft is not even trying
This is neither here nor there with the CrowdStrike fiasco anyway, it was just a throwaway point I just had to sneak in because I’ve been using windows more recently and it just pisses me off how 80% of the native software is blinding white while using dark mode because Microsoft can’t be bothered to push modern frameworks on devs who don’t care enough to give a decent desktop experience.
I’m hearing WPF is getting Windows 11 look and feel sometimes down the line at least, I guess that’s something.
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