Old software is vulnerable to exploits and is a distraction from new dev and bugbashing on the current os. I’ve 10 since it came out. Never had a problem even on a 10 year old laptop.
I use 10, 7 and a variety of MS packages. I have no axe to grind.
New software is just as vulnerable to exploits, often more so due to the lack of white hat/black hat attacks over a shorter amount of time. MS have trotted out many examples of the shiny new thing being a hive of vulnerabilities. They were/are, as before, driven not by altruism/security but by revenue. Nothing wrong with revenue but the constant attempts to convince users otherwise gets tiresome.
If stability/security is truly the issue then Win 7 has stood the test of time with help from all sides, not just MS. MS have kicked the end-of-life/end-of-support can down the road several times as a tacit admission that they got it right with Win 7 - much to their chagrin. Ironically the PC OEMs pushed back strongly against Win 7 EOL due to demand from their customers.
Moreover, MS touts new features as frequently - or more so - than it does security so from that behavior we can draw certain conclusions.
Ok, so would someone please walk me through how to put the little house icon (My computer or whatever 10 calls it now) up on the start up page of this @$^(&%@)*^? I spend all day trying to find anything on this new 10 and have decided the non existent little house icon may be part of the problem. If I could navigate that thing a bit more, I might not cuss it so much.
Yeah, follow the money. Where’s the solitaire games? Where’s Word? Had to get a similar Word on line but it’s not that good. Why can’t I play my old games? Why can’t I disable that search engine that looks like it should be internet explorer but isn’t? Oh, yeah, I know, they want you to use google. $$$$$$$$$$