Why Microsoft Discontinued Internet Explorer After Almost 30 Years – BGR

Nearly three decades after the launch of Internet Explorer, or 27 years to be precise, Microsoft discontinued this classic browser to focus on Microsoft Edge. The company announced the end of Internet Explorer’s support cycle in 2021 and retired the desktop application in June 2022, with IE 11 being its last version.

Internet Explorer was notoriously plagued with software problems and performance issues throughout its entire lifecycle, but gained a particularly negative reputation for its lack of support for…