That type of thing is actually pretty common for fully offline equipment. Think things like CNC machines that get all their instruction files via USB. Nobody is replacing a quarter-million dollar machine just because the OS is old.
But, yeah, if you connect such a thing to the internet, ooooh boy.
i remember when some idiot on facebook kept trying to argue with me that continuing to use xp a full 12 years after its EOL was fine, actually.
ever since i’ve wondered once in a while when his bank account got breached for the first time.
It is, if you don’t connect it to the internet.
Which means you have to invent interesting ways to write on Facebook
Like, using a pocket computer to write?
That type of thing is actually pretty common for fully offline equipment. Think things like CNC machines that get all their instruction files via USB. Nobody is replacing a quarter-million dollar machine just because the OS is old.
But, yeah, if you connect such a thing to the internet, ooooh boy.
Hell, until just four years ago the US nuclear arsenal ran on 8 inch floppy disks
Ever seen an ATM BSOD? Bet you it’s running XP.