It’s easier to disable all the garbage than remove the garbage?

  • village604@adultswim.fan
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    3 hours ago

    Automatic updates are a good thing for the average EU, though. Otherwise they’d never update and their system would probably be compromised.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      2 hours ago

      yeah but they’re not doing just security updates, they’re re-installing bloatware that I deleted a year ago

      I don’t need Xbox gaming on my work computer

    • marighost@piefed.social
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      2 hours ago

      I like automatic updates when I explicitly turn them on myself. I do NOT like automatic updates when they happen during work hours, force me to close programs and/or restart my PC, and reinstall things that I explicitly removed from my PC.

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 hour ago

        I do NOT like automatic updates when they happen during work hours,

        Windows doesn’t automatically update during work hours. By default it tries to figure out when you use your computer, and it won’t reboot during those hours. You can manually configure it too.

        • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
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          12 minutes ago

          how about a wait and see model that i like with all megacorp pushed updates now. that way i can decide if i want their latest batch of ai bullshit, or read the headlines about which cpus their vibecoding bricked this time before it’s too late.

          unfortunately automatic updates require a small amount of trust that the update will not break things or change things without permission. Microslop currently has negative trust.

          maybe this is good for the average end user, but dissallowing powerusers from doing stuff like this is exactly what annoys me about apple. now microslop is even worse about it…

          i just want to actualy control the things i own and not be told how to use my computer.