Photo Credit: Kiselev Andrey Valerevich / Shutterstock It would certainly require promotions to inform these users about the fact. In best case, millions of Chrome and Edge users, who still use Windows 7 and 8.1, would migrate once they realize that the browsers are not secure anymore. One has to weight the advantages of ending support against the benefits of continuing support. Focusing on Windows 10 and newer could improve overall security of a browser, support requests would drop, code created specifically for older browsers could be removed, and development would be more streamlined because of that. There are disadvantages to continue support for an operating system that is no longer supported officially. They too could benefit from Google’s and Microsoft’s decision to end support early. It is unclear whether smaller Chromium-based browser makers, such as Opera, Vivaldi or Brave, will have the means to continue support for Windows 7 or 8.1. This would ensure support until mid 2024 and give users and companies a valid reason to keep on using Firefox or migrate from Chrome or Edge to the browser. Mozilla could do this by ensuring that the next major Firefox ESR release, which will be released in the middle of 2023, will support the two out-of-support operating systems. While support can’t be guaranteed forever, companies may want to consider extending support until at least 2024. The move would reduce Chrome’s dominance in the browser market and improve the standing of smaller browsers. Mozilla, and other smaller makers of browsers, could try and capture that audience by extending support for Windows 7 and 8.1. While Chrome and Edge 109 will continue to work after the two companies end support, they won’t receive security or feature updates anymore. Chrome and Microsoft Edge lost those 12 percent with the announcement. Windows 8.1 is listed with 2.31 percent and Windows 8 with 0.62 percent. Statcounter, a usage tracking service, has Windows 7 listed with 9.62 percent of the Windows market. Mozilla started a topic on the official bug tracking website three years ago, but the organization is undecided up to this day. Other browser makers have not made up their minds yet.
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