Gabe Aul, of Microsoft's Windows Insiders program, has confirmed on Twitter that Windows 10 will drop support for Windows Media Center due to a decline in usage.
This is not surprising news as Microsoft has been deprecating the Media
Center application for a while now. In Windows 8.x, the application
required both the “Pro” SKU of the operating system, and then users
needed to install an optional add-on above and beyond that. The Media
Center Pack cost $10 over the price of Windows 8.x Pro unless you
claimed a free license in the promotional period surrounding Windows 8's
launch.
While Media Center has been officially abandoned, its influence on the
industry (and vice versa) is an interesting story. For a time, it looked
like Microsoft had bigger plans that were killed by outside factors and
other companies seem to be eying the money that Microsoft left on the
table.
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