> Microsoft did not "cut off most of its QA"

Windows RTMs used to be shipped in a usable state (albeit buggy) for more than a decade. You installed it from a CD and it worked fine, you installed patches every once in a while from a random Service Pack CD you got from somewhere.

Modern Windows has had the habit of being so buggy after release in such horrendous ways that I can't imagine being able to use the same install CD for years. This is definitely putting less attention to detail in my view.

The slice of Microsoft stuff I worked at certainly did not have dedicated QA at the time I was there and used to have a QA team before, so there is some degree of truth to the statement. I can't speak for other Microsoft teams and offices. It was very disappointing for me, because I have had the opportunity to work with great QA staff before and in my current job and there is no way a developer dedicating 25 % of their time (which is what was suggested as a replacement for having dedicated QA) can do a job anywhere near as good.

I have a feeling most commenters (not just here) don't really know what Falcon is and does, if EDR (and more?) keeps getting compared to a plain antivirus.

> Microsoft did not "cut off most of its QA"

Yes they did. Hear about it first hand from an ex windows software tester:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9kn8_oztsA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRV6PXB6QLk