I have had Windows corrupt a hard drive because it forced an update that exceeded the available storage.
If they only forced security updates by default, I would agree with you. But they don’t.
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KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago“Everything” implies much more than the OS and related Windows updates.
And honestly, Windows forcing updates is a good thing, as has been said time and again. Do you recall the days of Windows XP, where so so many machines were sitting on relatively ancient versions, and exposed to a huge number of vulnerabilities? That is what lead to the current update situation.
And to those that argue that users should be able to manage their own updates, there are numerous ways for a power user to do just that. But the bar for entry is “high” (no UI) to prevent normal end users who will never actually manage their updates from turning them off.
Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
O.o how long ago was this? I literally just had an issue on a VM where Windows 11 refused to update due to disk space constraints.
Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I’m actually super glad to hear they might have fixed that, shit was a nightmare. I watched the OS lock me out and brick itself in real time. Still never successfully recovered the contents.
Windows 10, but only a couple years ago.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
This is my personal machine that I own, there is no reason for my operating system to “hide” options from me. If I want to never update my system or delete core operating files that’s my fucking problem to deal with.