A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For'

Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For' by cbhl on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:15AM (#14617495)

OS updates should come through the normal security patch channel! That's how OS X does it, and that's how Chrome OS does it.

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Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For' by reitanqild on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:47AM (#14617604)

OS updates should come through the normal security patch channel!

Except when you are "updated" from a full, paid version to a spyware/adware-ridden version.

Seriously: I think Windows 10 is great, technically and usability wise.

But MS need to learn that they can't have it both ways:

Paid xor ads. (I can think of two exception: inside the store app and inside settings for onedrive.)

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Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For' by acqq on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:41AM (#14617576)

Still, Microsoft misused the channel. They made it intrusive, misleading and impossible to control more than once.

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Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For' by kakarot on Friday June 23, 2017 @08:12AM (#14618560)

Well, it's not how most Linux distros do it. If your update has breaking changes, it's not a security update.

There is no good reason to excuse Microsoft for maliciously disguising updates as security patches in order to manipulate the non tech-savvy into switching to their new unprecedentedly invasive OS. Especially when, as you said, the UI is worse.

The entire UX of Windows 10 is worse, every time I have to use it for something I get physical anxiety from claustrophobia.

I really don't like that I have to install untrusted 3rd party software on my computer in order to prevent my operating system from automatically ruining my user experience and spying on me.

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