[timwaagh]

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything (through user action or by the system) to it because there will be a long list of exploits to choose from for anyone wanting a free bitcoin farm. Microsoft might even be paying the 'security researchers' to come up with more.

Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless.

[userbinator]

You just need to be really really careful about downloading anything

...as you always should be anyway.

Forking over a couple hundred to uncle Bill for protection every five years or so is not entirely pointless.

...and being forced into their increasingly user-hostile manipulations? If anything, that saying about "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns" comes to mind.

[timwaagh]

Every upside has a downside - Cruyff

[Beltalowda]

You're right of course, but I do think the quote accurately represents the feelings a lot of people had, and continue to have, even when they know they should upgrade (and most likely, already have upgraded) due to lack of support.