[grishka]

I'd like to remind you that there are still millions of people around the world using Windows 7 daily. The fact that some software is no longer supported by its developer doesn't mean it stops working somehow, or becomes radioactive.

[MYEUHD]

It becomes easier to exploit, as it no longer gets security updates; and vulnerabilities are publicly disclosed.

[grishka]

You can't really exploit something when its attack surface is nearly nonexistent, which is the case for most people who use an outdated OS on their personal device, for example.

[baby_souffle]

What is it about unmaintained software on a personal device that somehow makes the attack service non-existent?

[grishka]

Even if there's an exploitable vulnerability, the exploit has to be delivered to the target system somehow. You don't have much of an opportunity to do that with a device that doesn't have a public IP address. Most likely the user themselves will have to do something that would compromise their system, like visiting a website that would serve them an exploit for their particular combination of browser and OS.

[hilbert42]

"I'd like to remind you that there are still millions of people around the world using Windows 7 daily"

Correct, and I am one of them!