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The title is just fearmongering, it's removing the driver from being automatically installed from windows update, not preventing it from being installed altoget
by nodja 1y ago
The title is just fearmongering, it's removing the driver from being automatically installed from windows update, not preventing it from being installed altogether. They're also not revoking the signatures either so downloading and installing directly from the vendor site still works (and is still the recommended way to do it).
The equivalent in the linux world would be removing a driver from the main repo, requiring the user to either install the rpm/deb manually or use a third party repo.
- stevepotter 1y agoThis comment should be at the top
- sandworm101 1y agoHence the "not bothered". These are a tiny little part of their delivery. They are not doing this to save a few megs in their next multi-gig update cycle. They are doing this to, again, make running older hardware more difficult.