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[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Say whatever you want about Microsoft, but they don't mess around with backwards compatibility.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s easy to be backwards compatible when you’re backwards in general.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Well, better to be backwards with backwards compatibility than to just be backwards.

looks at Apple