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Re:macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models by throwaway201103 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:11PM (#25103806)
Maybe because your computer immediately starts nagging you to do it, and the messaging from the popular tech media is "stay up to date because hackerz"
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Re:macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models by Nextgrid on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:07PM (#25105384)
Since Catalina the "softwareupdate --ignore" command no longer works unless you have an enterprise MDM profile installed, so you can't even work around that anymore.
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Re:macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models by astronautjones on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:53PM (#25107790)
it's such nonsense, especially if you are even remotely computer literate. I'm working on an article about it, but I used snow leopard for 12 years with no ill effects (until this year!) and only finally left it because of the tyranny of HDCP
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Re:macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models by breakfastduck on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:25PM (#25104482)
I've not been nagged to upgrade once
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