Comment by malfist
18 hours ago
Why does that matter? I should be allowed to explicitly chose the risks I want to take. Not microsoft. Especially not for microsoft to decide, no matter what I'm doing, or what I have open and unsaved on my computer, now is the time they think my risk is too great and tuesday has passed, so reboot reboot reboot.
The automatic reboot has made the world a better place, because too many people were incredibly bad at making this risk tradeoff.
It might still be bad thing for taking away agency. But it was also a massive improvement to society.
That's quiet a bit of stretch to equate forced update reboots to massive societal benefits
Well... this is similar to COVID. As long as your computer is disconnected from any network, yes you should be able to do whatever you want and decide. But as soon as your computer can be a danger for others, then your risk taking decisions can harm others, and then what?
Masks during covid were a matter of public health.
Regular updates are also a similar matter.
Masks were necessary to save lives at a stage where risks were unknown and pressure on health systems was high.
Missing Windows updates does not kill anyone.
Plus, installing Windows updates may cause high frustration because "feature" updates are mixed with them and may alter the OS behavior in unexpected and undesired ways. If Microsoft cares so much about security, they should allow people to stay on fixed Windows stable versions that only get security updates without pestering them. Basically, sell LTSC to normal people.
It's truly absurd to compare "my computer might be hacked and used by baddies" to "I don't want to wear a mask during a pandemic"
It's not a comparison that bears a response.