TIL the "no longer supported" label on old software is mostly a scam

I dug up a copy of Adobe Fireworks CS6 from 2011 and it still runs perfectly on Windows 10 for basic web mockups. Everyone acts like old software is useless once support ends, but half the time the features that stop working are just cloud syncing or online activation garbage - the core tools are totally fine. Anyone else still running something from the 2000s that works way better than people claim?

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paulc931mo ago

Did you catch that recent article about how companies basically brick perfectly good software just to push people onto subscription plans? It's wild how much usable old stuff is out there if you just ignore the "expired" warnings.

mary8361mo ago

My friend's still running Photoshop CS5 on a 2010 laptop and it works just fine for her graphic design stuff.