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Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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-- According to the article, it’s just removing them from Windows Update. Microsoft doesn’t want the hassle. Vendors could still make you use them
— I like the description of a new printing standard Microsoft will directly support, but since it’s owned by the vendors, they can probably require customer-hostile “features”--