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[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago
[-] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

It looks like they break Microsoft's update mechanism somehow, and Microsoft won't work around it. If it's because they'd have to make special cases just for one app I get it, but it doesn't seem like that's what's happening.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Hmm... I'll have to look for these applications. Some of them seem ubiquitous.

[-] superb 2 points 6 months ago

Large companies do not shy away from making workaround for specific apps. Every large platform that I know of has some form of app specific workarounds to fix problems with popular apps. Graphics drivers, browsers, iOS, Android. I haven’t heard any stories about windows but given their commitment to backwards compatibility, they must have

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