Re:Improving Firefox stability with this one weird trick
by hulitu on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:33PM
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> it's the same with OS updates; people (generally) simply will not perform system or security updates unless they are forced, because everyone thinks they are smarter than the "script kiddies
Updates were not the default. And when they became almost mandatory Microsoft started bundling "features" with security updates.
That's when people started to disable this "feature".
> so now we are where we are. OS updates are forced after a time, and telemetry is not only the norm, but a very good idea for applications in use by millions of people, like Firefox.
And this doesn't change anything. Ransomware attacks are still the norm.
Updates were not the default. And when they became almost mandatory Microsoft started bundling "features" with security updates. That's when people started to disable this "feature".
> so now we are where we are. OS updates are forced after a time, and telemetry is not only the norm, but a very good idea for applications in use by millions of people, like Firefox.
And this doesn't change anything. Ransomware attacks are still the norm.