Dark Patterns, the Ratchet

Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @12:57PM (#16690439)

Actually, Microsoft's current strategy for pushing updates is to "accidentally" break the options that let you withhold updates for a period of time. They've broken them like three times in the last six months, arbitrarily forcing large groups of Pro users to later versions of Windows than they should've gotten.

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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by realusername on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:07AM (#16695450)

I found a way to get rid of windows updates. You just need to not have enough disk space... Every time I boot, I have a modal asking me to free more than 8GB to start the update.

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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:20AM (#16695515)

The goal isn't to "get rid of Windows updates". Windows Updates are important. Of course, we do need to control those updates better. And Microsoft needs to be better about keeping those updates stable.

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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by realusername on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:39AM (#16695625)

I only meant it as a joke, I'm just wishing Windows Updates would be less bloated than they are now, it would help speed up the process and keep customer complaints down. Also I don't need to wait 20 minutes in front of a blue screen when I do updates in Ubuntu.

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