Yes, that’s what I was saying. And I’m not looking for “support”. I’m resigned to being self-supporting and I’m fine with that. In this specific context, what I’m lamenting is the demand that browsers must have esoteric capabilities in order to support new features in Discourse that probably no one asked for and no one needs. And I’m lamenting the fact that failure to meet these criteria will result, not in lesser functionality, but with the inability to access the site at all (except, AIUI, in a minimalist read-only mode with the inability to log in or post – which is the equivalent of being banned).
I’m lamenting the fact that this “improvement” in Discourse is going to cost me real money and, above all, enormous amounts of time to migrate to a new environment – from a familiar environment that I love to a new one that, by many accounts, many people hate – and will require me to trash a very reliable, super-quiet computer that I really like – a computer/OS/browser combo which, I might add, works for everything on the internet that I’ve ever used it for.
Discourse will be the first exception and the sole reason that this computer is no longer viable. Since I visit the SDMB a lot and post here a lot, this is a major blow. And it’s not as if it’s in the service of some vital new functionality. It’s in the service of some bullshit functionality that possibly no one will ever use but will make the developers feel like they’re doing cool stuff – or to put it less dramatically, functionality that seems to be very far from essential.