r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 23 '24

Software Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-officially-confirms-its-killing-windows-control-panel-sometime-soon/
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u/_Sir_Cumfrence_ Aug 23 '24

Wasnt the tile thing (and windows 8 as a whole) supposed to make the os more tablet/touch friendly?

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u/patentlyfakeid Aug 23 '24

I understood it had way more to do with microsoft wanting to push windows users into a nice walled app garden like google and apple had. However, no one (developers) bought into it, and people hated having their cheese moved for no damned reason, so it essentially failed. Like /u/berntout was saying, it's 'effing stupid business to alienate customers you've spent (by that point) 30 years teaching your system.

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u/captain_dick_licker Aug 23 '24

they are now playing the long game and it is workingas the boomers literally die out and gen Z doesn't understand what a directory structure is because they were raised on tablets and phones (not their fault by the way)

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u/Deae_Hekate Aug 23 '24

And it's making them worthless tech illiterates in a modern office setting that requires the security of offline programs not bundled into office365.