The main/only value of that Q&A was to get people thinking about what the ramifications of sticking with Win7 would be. In my line of work, I’m constantly confronted with users who, though they use a computer every day, really have no clue what’s going on.
Kinda like me with cars. Prior to 10 years ago, I maintained nearly everything myself, repairing the suspension, rebuilding the carburetor*, etc. Now about all I can do is repair the brakes and swap tires around — everything else under the hood has become some form of black magic.
* Remember carburetors?
“Kinda like me with cars.”
Don’t even get me started on cars. We got a 2017 Toyota in October and the USB audio in the “Entune” system would not work. I looked on online and there are literally thousands of posts by people with the same problem. Some suggested work-arounds, some never could make it work. I finally did, experimenting with different configurations of files, folders, dragging vs copy/paste, etc., but it took three weeks. (I never give up with computer issues.) One guy said he spent $50K on his car and can’t listen to music.
Toyota has been aware since 2014, but they’ve ignored it.
So if an audio system is a problem, then I can’t even imagine how mysterious the important guts of cars must be now with high tech computers. My dad’s “funnest” thing to do was tinker with cars, and he went into a funk when they all got computerized.