Update 07/25/2017: Microsoft acknowledges fan outcry and says it will save Paint by turning it into a Windows Store app. Read all about it in our follow-up news story. The writing’s on the wall: ...

Removing features to streamline Windows is no easy task. Microsoft's casual threat to remove Paint highlights the frustrating dynamic of progress versus our collective nostalgia for simpler times.

It’s hard to remember a time when Microsoft Paint wasn’t shorthand for something ham-handedly drawn on a free computer art program. And the while, the software giant has upgraded the app with some ...