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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I always thought wordpad was underappreciated

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyday there are more things that fail to separate Windows from its past versions in functionality, but detriment the usability of all the versions to come. Microsoft is changing arbitrary things like this (let's face it, there aren't many people truly effected by not having WordPad) just for the sake of changing, not for any foreseeable benefit.

As a LibreOffice, OpenOffice, MS Office 2000, and unfortunately Google Suite user, I've seen that there are many effective replacements, so I don't see this impacting anyone too severely. It's just stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It actually does make sense. Besides the whole "getting WordPad users to buy Office" thing, there's also the fact that they won't have to continue updating WordPad. It's one less thing to worry about for security and compatibility on their end. The user might not benefit from its removal, but Microsoft does.

Just pointing out that it's not just for the sake of changing things.