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I was at a conference and 5 minutes into the plenary speaker's keynote address, his Windows 10 laptop that he was running his presentation slides from started a

I was at a conference and 5 minutes into the plenary speaker's keynote address, his Windows 10 laptop that he was running his presentation slides from started an obligatory none-cancelable system upgrade. I don't think Microsoft scored any PR points there.

macintux 4y ago
Happens to DJs too.
ThrowawayR2 4y ago
These posts are perplexing. It's like watching people getting angry because they were pulled over for not renewing their car tabs. - Everyone knows that car tabs have to be renewed by a deadline and everyone knows Windows has forced updates by a deadline. - Everyone knows how to pay to renew their car tabs and everyone knows how to check the Windows update so that it updates when you have free time for it. And if they don't, it's just 5 seconds of Googling to find either. - Everyone knows what is going to happen if they don't renew their car tabs or allow the reboot by a certain date. - Everyone knows that neither the vehicle licensing authorities nor Microsoft is going to change their policies. It doesn't matter what people think the policy ought to be because it isn't that way and they know it. So basically, they picked up a gun, took careful aim at their foot, pulled the trigger, and are shocked and angry that there's a bleeding hole? Sure, they can go ahead and change operating systems but it isn't going to fix the fundamental problem, if you know what I mean.
- jen20 4y ago
  Actually it would fix the problem. No other operating system forces updates whenever the fuck it feels like, and people should not accept this as a fait accompli. Also; where the do you live such that there isn’t a grace period on registration renewal? Do you think a car just stops working when that happens in the middle of your commute to work?
  - ThrowawayR2 4y ago
    > "Actually it would fix the problem." "Whoosh", as the kids these days say. > "Also; where the do you live such that there isn’t a grace period on registration renewal?" There's a grace period for forced reboots for Windows updates too and these users blithely ignored that. So what's your point?
    - jen20 4y ago
      That no other OS forcibly interrupts you to install updates, and that makes Windows tautologically worse than other operating systems. What’s your point again, with all this bullshit car analogy? And why won’t you post your bad opinions under your real name?

macintux 4y ago

Happens to DJs too.

ThrowawayR2 4y ago

These posts are perplexing. It's like watching people getting angry because they were pulled over for not renewing their car tabs. - Everyone knows that car tabs have to be renewed by a deadline and everyone knows Windows has forced updates by a deadline. - Everyone knows how to pay to renew their car tabs and everyone knows how to check the Windows update so that it updates when you have free time for it. And if they don't, it's just 5 seconds of Googling to find either. - Everyone knows what is going to happen if they don't renew their car tabs or allow the reboot by a certain date. - Everyone knows that neither the vehicle licensing authorities nor Microsoft is going to change their policies. It doesn't matter what people think the policy ought to be because it isn't that way and they know it. So basically, they picked up a gun, took careful aim at their foot, pulled the trigger, and are shocked and angry that there's a bleeding hole? Sure, they can go ahead and change operating systems but it isn't going to fix the fundamental problem, if you know what I mean.

jen20 4y ago
Actually it would fix the problem. No other operating system forces updates whenever the fuck it feels like, and people should not accept this as a fait accompli. Also; where the do you live such that there isn’t a grace period on registration renewal? Do you think a car just stops working when that happens in the middle of your commute to work?
- ThrowawayR2 4y ago
  > "Actually it would fix the problem." "Whoosh", as the kids these days say. > "Also; where the do you live such that there isn’t a grace period on registration renewal?" There's a grace period for forced reboots for Windows updates too and these users blithely ignored that. So what's your point?
  - jen20 4y ago
    That no other OS forcibly interrupts you to install updates, and that makes Windows tautologically worse than other operating systems. What’s your point again, with all this bullshit car analogy? And why won’t you post your bad opinions under your real name?