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polski-g a day ago

I disabled all Windows updates last October because 24H2 absolutely tanked performance of games. Various reports around the internet claim that its still a problem. So no more updates for me, of any kind.

KronisLV a day ago | parent | next [-]

I once wrote a blog post called “Never update anything” about how updates suck, but even so I would just deal with it, because you probably want the security fixes.

medlazik a day ago | parent | prev [-]

About 30 critical RCEs since oct 24, botnet operators adore you

Krssst a day ago | parent | next [-]

More than them, they should adore companies whose updates come with unwanted features and fresh new bugs that lead to this behavior. I have never been afraid of Debian stable / Fedora updates but I am always weary of Windows and Android updates.

ipaddr a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Tell that to my windows 7 unpatched for about 20 years now. Those botnets are collecting devices with default passwords.

pixl97 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Na, someone probably already p0wn3d your box and is installing updates in the background so they don't lose control of it.

medlazik a day ago | parent | prev [-]

That's not "your" windows 7 but a community computer used to host cp

ipaddr 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Never got a virus. But everyone installing updates got malware after malware. Don't let the faangs scare you into giving your freedoms away.