“My two year old laptop has been deemed obsolete because the newest update isn’t compatible.”
They threw away your private property as if it belonged to them to throw away if they like. This arrogance is exactly why I left MS almost ten years ago now. They think they perpetually own your machine to do as they like not you.
I cannot fathom why this would not highly offend folks and make them draw the line to ditch MS with a passion in mass. There are alternatives that are absolutely just as good that allow you to take it back from MS and actually truly own your own machine again.
I always assumed that DirectX was a major hook that kept people chaned to MS...