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The forced updates are truly outrageous. It particularly irks me since I always chose them over apple for respecting that after a purchase transaction ends, the
by jasonfarnon 4y ago
The forced updates are truly outrageous. It particularly irks me since I always chose them over apple for respecting that after a purchase transaction ends, the product is mine, and I need no longer deal with them if I don't care to. And bending over backwards to maintain backwards compatibility. It was an enterprise focus. They have gotten some bad press for the auto updates, so I'm sure they have made a calculated decision to stick with them. And it's hard to blame them looking at how much money they've raked in since this pivot early/mid 2010s.
- moshegramovsky 4y ago100% right. I felt the same way for many years.
- Dalewyn 4y agoFor what it's worth, it's (still, as of writing) possible to turn off forced autoupdates via Group Policy if you buy and use Windows 10/11 Professional. Any power user would be well served to reuse one of their old 7/8 Pro licenses or buy a 10/11 Pro license instead of cheaping out on a Home license.
- Qwertious 4y agoThe real problem with "it's still possible to turn off forced autoupdates" is that you don't know whether you can turn it off, due to Windows ignoring explicit "turn X off" switches. Why should the user trust you to respect any other switch? Also, the user should be able to assume that there aren't multiple switches for the same action. As a general rule - I know this is Windows.
- Dalewyn 4y agoGroup Policy is an enterprise feature, violating Group Policy means Windows becomes persona non grata in its most profitable market sector. So yes, you can rely on Windows and Microsoft to respect Group Policy. The catch is you need to pay for enterprise privileges if you're not.