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> every upgrade broke something Upgrades are the bane of tech. They are justified by "security" like every law that takes away freedom and privacy is done in t
by bambax 2y ago
> every upgrade broke something
Upgrades are the bane of tech. They are justified by "security" like every law that takes away freedom and privacy is done in the name of "protecting children". It's all BS.
My main machine in on Windows 7. It can't be upgraded anymore. No updates for me! Which is exactly what I want. Pure joy.
- johnisgood 2y agoI wanted to stick to Windows 7 but many applications I had stopped working on it. :| I'm using a debloated Windows 11 now, out of necessity.
- ziddoap 2y agoThis is a wild take. People and companies get hacked all the time because people use scare quotes around security and wire up their windows 7 computers to the internet.
- renewedrebecca 2y agoBoth can be true: people get hacked because of lax security, but "security" is often used as a vector to enshitification.
- gear54rus 2y agoJust in the same boat as you but I wanted to play VR, you know? So had to go to 10 just because Valve doesn't support lower windows versions. So if you don't upgrade you better be happy with what you have for the rest of your life haha.
- adrianN 2y agoIt would be nice if „security“ were a made up reason but unfortunately it’s not.
- goalieca 2y agoA lot of times it’s made up because security teams don’t have resources to actually risk assess vulnerabilities especially in upstream sources. They’ll just take the CVE at face value which we know is wrong and sometimes not even reachable. But a lot of times there’s legit problems and a lot of times newer code is safer anyways. You just can’t know unless you spend a lot of time and money. It’s best just to patch and toss stuff that is on the network that isn’t supported anymore.
- idiotsecant 2y agoHaha is this the start of holistic non-pasteurized free range zero update computing Exploits are a liberal myth! Jesus didn't need no patches!!
- bambax 2y agoI'm a French leftist, so I'm probably more 'liberal' than you'll ever be.
- nobody42 2y agoUpdates are a necessity, and they don't have to be feature-breaking. More distributions need to adopt security-only channels.
- RIMR 2y agoYou're allowed not to take computer security seriously, but if you're doing important things with that computer, such as banking, you will eventually learn the hard way...
- bambax 2y agoWhen will this eventuality happen? I have been doing this for a very long time with zero ill effects so far.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoYou can run Firefox LTS on Windows 7, so I wouldn't worry too much about browsing the Internet. Plus, your residential ISP-provided router has a firewall with no inbound connections allowed. How is my Windows 7 computer going to get hacked?
- hackyhacky 2y ago> My main machine in on Windows 7. It can't be upgraded anymore. No updates for me! Which is exactly what I want. Pure joy. It is very cool, Bateman. But that's nothing. I use MS-DOS 5.0, before it got ruined with needless bloat in version 6. Limiting memory to 640K (or 1MB with UMB extenders) means that I'm immune from recent malware attacks. No networking ability reduces my attack surface. I find text-mode user interface to be clean and simple. Lack of multitasking ensures that I remain focused throughout the workday. I will never upgrade.
- bambax 2y agoI envy you. Do you post on HN via mail?