MS never was liable for damages. But back when Windows update had the option to disable updates, people who shouldn't (e.g. little Timmy setting up Gramp's mac

MS never was liable for damages. But back when Windows update had the option to disable updates, people who shouldn't (e.g. little Timmy setting up Gramp's machine) turned them off. Then Microsoft got dragged through the mud, and grampa lost his retirement savings. Back in the early 2000s, things were really bad. Going over to a non-geeks house, better than 50% chance to find malware, if they had broadband, good odds they were part of some sort of file drop for a warez group (or worse). The issue now days comes that MS also pushes down feature updates, that is something that very valid objections to exist, especially with the dropping level of QA that exists throughout the industry today.