I don't disagree about the necessity of being able to force updates for bugs of this severity. I'm simply pointing out that, when Microsoft does forced updates, people lose their minds with outrage.

You could argue that severity plays a role in the level opposition to such a feature however severity is an arbitrary assessment applied by the person issuing the update.

> the alternative scenario of N hundred million insouciant users lagging behind with a gaping security hole.

Last I checked macOS hadn't crossed the 50 million user mark. The combined iOS/macOS user base only just surpasses Windows.