Freedom is all well in good until your freedom effects others.
If your machine becomes part of a botnet that is used to infect or spam others because you couldn't be bothered to update, are you going to pay the millions in damages?
This is what happened with Windows XP. People had too many choices. Nobody was forced to run Windows Update or install service packs. I was inundated with customer computers for virus removal.
Like it or not, forced updates and security are to protect us from you.
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Date: 2024-08-22 02:40 pm (UTC)If your machine becomes part of a botnet that is used to infect or spam others because you couldn't be bothered to update, are you going to pay the millions in damages?
This is what happened with Windows XP. People had too many choices. Nobody was forced to run Windows Update or install service packs. I was inundated with customer computers for virus removal.
Like it or not, forced updates and security are to protect us from you.