Microsoft Paint is something most of us grew up with. It was back in the 1980s where Paint stood as one of the earliest tools that taught us how to draw, use different shape presets, make quick copy and paste jobs, or just scribble when we had nothing better to do. However, 32 years later, Microsoft has decided to take it all away when it stops support for Paint with the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
To be more specific, Paint was first introduced in 1985 with Windows 1.0. Paint was one of the first graphics editors which became a household feature for Windows users. With Windows 98, we could start saving Paint files as JPEG.
Notably, if we take Paint out of the equation, we also find that Microsoft has also added Outlook Express, Reader App, and Reader List to its list of “features that are removed or deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.” These apps will not be in active development and will likely be removed in future releases.
Killing off Paint is a strong hint by Microsoft that their aim is to push users towards adopting Paint 3D, which was introduced in April with the Windows 10 Creators Update as a more professional editing software. Paint 3D gives you the privilege of 2D and 3D image making tools with Microsoft’s support page highlighting that the 3D Builder app will no longer be installed by default, urging users to use Paint 3D instead.
Will this move push people to accept Paint 3D? We will just have to wait and see once the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update rolls out.
