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The fundamental issue here is simple: 1) In 2019, in order to be secure, a computer needs some bare minimum of sysadmin. 2) Computers are like people -- herd i
by cwyers 8y ago
The fundamental issue here is simple:
1) In 2019, in order to be secure, a computer needs some bare minimum of sysadmin.
2) Computers are like people -- herd immunity helps a lot. Unmaintained PCs are not merely a threat to their owners, but can be used as part of botnets for all sorts of things that jeopardize security for lots of people.
3) Most users are incapable of being their own sysadmin, and there are a lot of people who either don't understand that they even have such a need or suffer from a lot of Dunning-Kruger.
So, with the switch to Perpetual Windows, Microsoft has taken on a lot of things that people either ignored or did poorly before, and they want to know why they can't go back to ignoring them or doing them poorly. A not insubstantial part of the reputation Windows 10 has for being user-hostile is because of the difficulty of doing this at scale combined with the fact that some users act pretty hostile themselves, from a herd immunity perspective. Those are the Windows equivalent of anti-vax parents who complain about the school system being hostile to them just for bringing back measles.
Windows is never going to be as secure as Android/iOS, with their ability to bring a new security model to things. But Windows 10 is a lot more secure than any Windows before it, and a lot of the reasons people think Microsoft are "ruining" Windows are part of why it's getting more secure.
- CharlesColeman 8y ago> In 2019, in order to be secure, a computer needs some bare minimum of sysadmin. That is true only of security patches. > So, with the switch to Perpetual Windows, Microsoft has taken on a lot of things that people either ignored or did poorly before, and they want to know why they can't go back to ignoring them or doing them poorly. No. Prior to Windows 10, users weren't forced to install feature updates on MS's aggressive schedule. They were given much more software stability. I don't think anyone would be complaining if all MS did with Windows 10 was force home users to install security updates regularly. The problem is that in addition to that, Microsoft decided to also aggressively force half-baked feature updates on them and simultaneously draft them as release testers for professional editions.
- Mirioron 8y ago>Windows is never going to be as secure as Android/iOS, with their ability to bring a new security model to things. But Windows 10 is a lot more secure than any Windows before it, and a lot of the reasons people think Microsoft are "ruining" Windows are part of why it's getting more secure. You know how to make it even more secure? Don't allow the user to use the computer at all: require the user to tell a Microsoft employee what they want to do and have the MS employee do it.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoOh HN... Q: Why does everything suck in the tech world these days? A: Because users are mindless cattle and we, their glorious masters, must make things suck for their own good! It is the developers' burden... I hate all of you.