OK, I'll bite. Software is a liability. Especially the typical kind, that one normally runs into, which are not formally verified. And even if they were, the h

OK, I'll bite. Software is a liability. Especially the typical kind, that one normally runs into, which are not formally verified. And even if they were, the human understanding of what constitutes a vulnerability is in perpetual flux, as that is a human-level semantic concept. This is why active maintenance is a necessary property. If a software is not actively maintained, it can and will accumulate vulnerability discoveries, putting the entire security boundary it resides in and all the data going through it into jeopardy. To potentially autonomously distribute knowingly unmaintained software borders on malicious. It sucks that your legacy devices will no longer have their device drivers neatly auto-installed, yes, but it's not some grand conspiracy, it's bottom of the barrel bare minimum safety consciousness. If what you propose is that manual install specifically should still be possible from Windows Update, I can support that, but I think this entire announcement is such an obvious thing, I'm surprised it hasn't been this way before. > Personally I always hated the idea of using Windows Update as your warehouse for drivers in the first place. Much better to keep your own collection. (Yes, it takes some work to curate and periodically update). And most every other person hates dealing with drivers instead, hence why they started distributing them through it.