Comment on Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago“brick my computer on a whim”
Paranoid much?
It’s funny that you fear Microsoft but not all the people that can exploit all the flaws that are now left open in your computer because you haven’t received a single security update in 357 days.
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
…microsoft.com/…/15b6e4a5-9710-4b7b-a83e-5368bce1…
[Microsoft update system has destroyed my computer completely]
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?
Pretty fucking high.
I support five computers that are always running the latest Windows version, never had one where an update broke it and if it happened it’s a pretty major leap to go from “that update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”
It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Didn’t say it was intentional. Why would it be intentional?
You can turn Windows 7 updates off. You can also control the timing of the updates.
Zero since they specifically noticed it happened during the update process.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Didn’t say it was intentional?
Microsoft cannot brick my computer on a whim like they have the power to with later versions of windows.You can turn updates off for the following versions of Windows too.
Chances are they update broke because their computer was infected by something that didn’t play well with the update, I don’t know why you would think the odds are zero and don’t know why you would think something similar couldn’t happen with a Windows 7 update (not that you would care since you don’t get updates anymore, but you might want to care about infection risks though, going on the internet for you is like joining an orgy and leaving your condoms at the door).