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Isn't that their choice?
by hackuser 10y ago
Isn't that their choice?
- setyfse4 10y agoNot being confounded by choices they dont understand or care is also what they want. Chrome and Firefox auto updating without user intervention by default is a good thing. If Chrome were to ask permission before downloading updates, many of them will just cancel it and get on with whatever they wanted to browse. If the system is compromised by malware because of an unpatched security issue, it is the vendor who takes the blame.
- tdkl 10y agoChrome is a browser, not an OS. I don't run my software under Chrome, so I'm not as affected if it had issues with auto-updating (there rarely was anything, which is another point). If Google were playing beta testers with Chromebooks and messing around like MS does, you'd think there would be anything positive written about them ?
- setyfse4 10y agoChromebooks also do auto updates, and do it such a way that typical non technical end user finds it difficult to turn off permanently. That's a good thing too.
- Kristine1975 10y agoIt is. But their choice impacts other people when the malware on their computer starts sending spam, takes part in a DDoS etc.
- 794CD01 10y agoSure it is. So what? Are you going to pretend that they are the only ones affected? It hurts the rest of the internet when their machine is then used by hackers to attack others. It hurts the banking system and indirectly, small vendors when these people's credit card information is stolen and used to make fraudulent purchases. Taking away the right of individuals to make bad decisions that harm others is the entire point of society.