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Re:HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware u... by TheRealWatson on Sunday May 21, 2023 @02:00PM (#36023286)
>do manual updates when a patch is out for two weeks.

Manufacturers will simply ship dormant changes that wake up a month after deployed.

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Re:HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware u... by CamperBob2 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @02:29PM (#36023538)
In some cases that'd be fine -- namely, if they used the extra time to extend the QA process. Of course we all know it wouldn't work that way.
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