**mos_8502 🇨🇦** @mos_8502@studio8502.ca · Oct 31, 2025, 02:27

**mos_8502 🇨🇦** @mos_8502@studio8502.ca · Oct 31, 2025, 02:27

mos_8502 🇨🇦 @mos_8502@studio8502.ca

Oct 31, 2025, 02:27

I have seen people being made fun of for going to great lengths to continue using Windows 7.

I must admit to some confusion as to why that's worth making fun of them. Windows 7 was the last time Windows was vaguely in the same area as "usable".

**Elfi, known bug enjoyer** @elfi@pixie.town · 2025-10-31T03:04:30Z

Elfi, known bug enjoyer @elfi@pixie.town

@mos_8502 I won't fault someone for using 7, but the act of doing so is fraught with risk, so they'd better be aware of that. Speaking from personal experience, even just connecting a Windows 2000 system to the open internet in the days of XP turned into a nuke-and-pave situation in seconds

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**Elfi, known bug enjoyer** @elfi@pixie.town · Oct 31, 2025, 03:06

**Elfi, known bug enjoyer** @elfi@pixie.town · Oct 31, 2025, 03:06

Oct 31, 2025, 03:06

Elfi, known bug enjoyer @elfi@pixie.town

@mos_8502 Thankfully even NAT provides a rudimentary layer of protection and is a lot more ubiquitous than it was back then

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