2014: windows xp end of support
every year since: software has gotten worse steadily

my opinion is that windows XP (and a few other things) forced discipline from companies, the same way internet explorer hobbled the pace at which the web became objectively way worse, because it imposed limitations on what was feasible

@wyatt Yes and no.

  • Granted the #bloatware and #enshittification trend got started in the 2000s, but I'd not attribute this to #WindowsXP as major speed limit but rather people and businesses not yet being groomed into accepting that bullshit…

  • Many people still got pay-by-minute #Dialup and thus shoving updates in the 3-4 digit Megabytes was oit if the question!