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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by rocqua on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @04:16AM (#45963020)
The automatic reboot has made the world a better place, because too many people were incredibly bad at making this risk tradeoff.

It might still be bad thing for taking away agency. But it was also a massive improvement to society.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by malfist on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:15AM (#45965346)
That's quiet a bit of stretch to equate forced update reboots to massive societal benefits
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by rocqua on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:50PM (#45973866)
The point was about security updates. Without forced upgrades the whole ransomware thing would have been so much worse as just a singular example.
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by ikr678 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:07PM (#45972882)
I think it wasnt just reboot inconvenience, I feel like there was a period of time where some software updates would break or make your software experience worse.

I have vague memories as a teenager of running older versions of MSN messenger in compatability mode because after a certain version it was full of ads.

Android phone software is also very good at this now, I still hestate to update my pixel because each update somehow makes my phone worse to use.

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