Please stop telling me to update my browser

Yes I still have a computer with Windows 7. I do have a laptop with Windows 11 too, but I actually like Windows 7, not having my computer controlled by Microsoft and having updates forced upon me and being made to restart it when I don't want to.

I do not need websites I visit trying to control what I have on my computer, including you telling me to update my browser (because I can't, Chrome won't run a higher version on Windows 7), nor Spotify who tell me my operating system is out of date.

Just stop it and do your job.

It's worked well enough so far so no need to break things.

Hmm. Well they put out instructions that are designed to help most of the users. Unfortunately, you are a special case and they can't keep extra staff and retro servers online to support the few people in your category.

So things will break.

You are probably going to be told to upgrade by both Microsoft and Chess.com every time you log in.

I'm not asking for extra staff or retro servers, my browser is the client and it uses the technology to run your software it has been using for the past however many years, and I don't know what new features you're trying to throw upon me that makes you suddenly break that.

What has Microsoft got to do with it either?

Hello from engineering, Chess_Kibitzer_2020! Just wanted to clarify some things here. When you load Chess.com in a browser, you're not running the same software that's run for years on end. The W3C web standards are constantly evolving, and syntax that used to work is deprecated in favor of new standards, both in CSS and in the JavaScript runtime. Nothing is stagnant in the tech world. We don't make the rules, and we're not in control of that (please don't shoot the messenger!).

Later this year, Windows is dropping support for Windows 10. Microsoft has dropped support for Windows 7 since early 2020. Microsoft deserves to be a part of the discussion because Windows 7 does not let you upgrade your Chromium-based or Firefox browser to the latest version released by those browsers. That's a security and compatibility vulnerability and we strongly recommend you switch to Windows 11 or consider a different OS platform such as Linux or macOS.

Thanks! 🙏

That was fast