3 ms·
Why are so many comments about how much people hate Microsoft? This article isn't advocating for Microsoft, it's advocating AGAINST turning off automatic updat
by bargl 9y ago
Why are so many comments about how much people hate Microsoft?
This article isn't advocating for Microsoft, it's advocating AGAINST turning off automatic updates whether that is from a Linux distro, Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc.
Just update your device/computer, if you don't like the OS switch, if you want a specific patch etc, maybe that should be run in a VM which is gated. But for 99% of users, do not recommend they turn off auto updates.
Also, remember that if you are reading this you are probably a power user. You are not my grandmother reading an article by a power user with simple enough to follow instructions to f- her computer up. There are multiple user bases, and your advice to non-tech people can be disastrous for them.
- Qwertious 9y agoThe comments are because Microsoft caused this problem in the first place - people want to turn off Windows Update, because Windows Update installs antifeatures too, and the only way to opt out of the antifeatures is to disable Windows Update. In fact, there's a "run security updates only" option, which Microsoft provides, but which they deliberately and blatantly violated, by pushing their non-security updates through. If Microsoft wants to stop this happening, then they need to provide a "security updates only" option, THAT ACTUALLY ONLY PROVIDES SECURITY UPDATES. This is not a hard concept. "Turn off Windows Update" is indeed a suboptimal choice, like you say - what you should ACTUALLY be recommending to users, is to ditch Windows entirely if at all possible, and switch to an OS that is both secure and doesn't ship antifeatures.