[matt4077]

The situation has really improved, mostly due to auto-updating, increased competition between browsers, the iPhone's power to compel modernisation, and the resulting fading of proprietary technology like flash or ActiveX.

Sure, google.com probably needs to support IE 6. For my own business, I'm not willing to make compromises for browsers below 2%. That currently means Safari 10, Chrome 56, and IE 11. And IE 11 is really stretching it by now–next time it gets in my way, I'll give people a reason to upgrade.

Now I don't have "enterprise" customers, and it's a rather small business. For anything medium-size up, the calculus changes, and probably makes it worthwhile. But at some point, these mystical "enterprises" really have to get their act together and stop dragging technology back to 2006.

[debaserab2]

That's crazy to me: you'd give up 2% of your customer size (and potential revenue?) just to make your dev workflow more convenient?

[growtofill]

This can be justified. Multiple times I'd been in the spot when shipping of a feature by a certain date will get your contract signed. And this is dependant of how convenient your workflow is.

[CognitiveLens]

particularly for a young or fast-growing product, this makes a ton of sense - shipping features that multiply your target market can be a _much_ better strategy than keeping 2% of your current user base.