Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ...
by Iolaum on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:15PM
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This! Security updates bundled with feature updates are what makes updates hostile to the consumer.
Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ...
by jjeaff on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:15PM
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In their defense, it would be difficult to keep security updates fully separate from feature updates since sometimes replacing a vulnerable feature with a new feature is the easiest fix rather than pushing the new feature, but also issuing a separate fix for those that don't want the new feature.
In other words, it's only reasonable to expect security updates for a certain length of time and not indefinitely.
It's when they try to launder in a bunch of "feature" updates (i.e. more spyware, more crapware) with needed security updates.
They force the user to make a decision: Do I skip this update and avoid having new "features" from crippling my machine, or do I download the update to prevent my machine from being hacked?
If vendors really gaf, they would make is so that you could download needed security updates w/o the rest of the garbage. But then they couldn't force more malware on you.