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by x0x0 2997 days ago
There's something to be said for the MSFT approach of your code will run forever. I understand there's tradeoffs, but there's something to be said for it.

Pointing a bunch of whiny users at devs -- some of whom gave code away for free -- is not awesome for the ecosystem. IMO.

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Not awesome in the short term, but better in the long term.
Backwards compatibility is a very tangible benefit in the long term.