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I am sympathetic to your stance - I don't like Microsoft overriding my decisions. My worry is that this stance will eventually lead to harsh penalties for opera
by Sacho 9y ago
I am sympathetic to your stance - I don't like Microsoft overriding my decisions. My worry is that this stance will eventually lead to harsh penalties for operating unpatched software and getting hacked, and I feel that's not something most users would want. How do we reconcile these two competing problems? It doesn't seem fair to me to have all the power of ownership with none of the responsibility.
- noselasd 9y agoAre they really competing problems ? Most users don't care, they get their updates when Microsoft decides to. The users that do care, and want or need to opt out of the updates know what they are doing and can take responsibility for their actions to block updates.
- pjc50 9y ago> eventually lead to harsh penalties for operating unpatched software and getting hacked People have been saying this for years and there's never been any sign of it getting anywhere near a legislature. If someone's going to be made responsible it's going to be those that produced the product.