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Why is all of this important stuff just hanging off the internet like it's a public webserver in a data center?

• AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  So that they can get software updates.
  • nitrogen 6y ago
    It's kind of a lovely paradox -- connect to get software updates, but if you didn't connect you wouldn't need updates.
    • AnimalMuppet 6y ago
      Not all bugs relate to internet connectivity. If you had a non-networked computer, you might still want bug fixes. For that matter, non-internet-connected computers can still be networked to each other using internet protocols, so they can still need bug fixes for internet stuff.
  • naikrovek 6y ago
    Non-public networks are a thing... And there are other patch delivery mechanisms... This stuff was solved BEFORE the Internet was in widespread use.