Windows 10 Memes

The double whammy of tech obsolescence. First panel: Microsoft announcing Windows 10 EOL (End of Life) in October? Meh, whatever. Second panel: Steam potentially killing game compatibility on Windows 10 just like they did with Windows 7? Now you have my attention! It's the classic tech cycle - not the official EOL that forces upgrades, but when your games stop working. Twenty years in the industry and the only constant is companies finding new ways to make your perfectly functional setup obsolete. Death, taxes, and forced OS upgrades - the holy trinity of inevitable pain.

The circle of Windows dependency is brutal. In 2020, we were all clinging to Windows 7 like it was the last stable relationship we'd ever have. "Don't force me to install 10!" we screamed, treating Microsoft's upgrade notifications like a clingy ex. Fast forward to 2025 when Windows 10 support ends, and suddenly we're the desperate ones. "Don't leave me!" we'll sob to Windows 10 as Microsoft shoves Windows 11 (or whatever fresh UI nightmare they've cooked up) down our throats. The true Stockholm syndrome of tech. First you hate it, then you can't live without it. Tale as old as computing time.

Remember when Windows Search actually found your files? The classic Windows XP/7 search was like that reliable old dog who'd fetch exactly what you asked for. "Here's your tax return from 2012, right where you left it!" Fast forward to Windows 10/11, and the search bar has the memory of a goldfish with amnesia. Type "budget spreadsheet" and it's like "Did you mean: let me Bing 'what is a spreadsheet' for you? Or perhaps open Edge? Or show you completely unrelated system settings?" Microsoft somehow took a perfectly functional tool and "upgraded" it into digital dementia. The true Windows evolution: from "fetch" to "what's a file?"