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It may not be Microsoft's right to decide when or how to patch your computer but from a public health point of view, sane policies already dictate mandatory vac
by sheepdestroyer 9y ago
It may not be Microsoft's right to decide when or how to patch your computer but from a public health point of view, sane policies already dictate mandatory vaccination. Perhaps you would be happier with the government enforcing mandatory patching to be able to connect to the internet?
- k_sze 9y agoIf software updates/upgrades can be cleanly separated into security fix vs new features/removal of old features, then I think it may be reasonable for governments to enforce mandatory patching. Unfortunately, software doesn't work like that. It's hard (if not completely impossible) to separate security from feature updates. You'll likely need to cherry pick git commits and build the software yourself. I don't know of any sane person who would spend the time to do that.
- simion314 9y agoThe main issue is that MS is forcing full updates not only security updates, you won't like it if your computer can't boot or for some reason MS changed the GUI,broke something you depended on.