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Power cycling is a work-around, not a "fix". Pretty much any time you end up needing to power cycle something, it's due to an underlying bug, which remains aft

Power cycling is a work-around, not a "fix". Pretty much any time you end up needing to power cycle something, it's due to an underlying bug, which remains after the fact. In fact, in many cases it may have intentionally been left unfixed, since the people shipping these products know that most users will try power cycling before complaining about a problem. It has become so commonplace that we apparently now see it as acceptable that we have to regularly reboot our routers, PCs, phones, etc. just to keep them working.

andygates 11y ago
Thing is, that underlying problem may be in a system that's out of anyone's direct control. Case in point: a clinical system which occasionally pops a memory leak and needs a bounce. The leak turns out to be a known bug in a library - not their code. And it's fairly elderly so it's not been or going to be fixed. I mean, it shouldn't happen, but if "should"s were horses I'd have a ponyburger for brunch.