You haven't addressed OP argument.
The fact there were security concerns is unrelated with the MAIN points discussed not only in the post, but in OP's reply:
> No upselling services
> No automatic updates
> No nagging.
You haven't addressed OP argument.
The fact there were security concerns is unrelated with the MAIN points discussed not only in the post, but in OP's reply:
> No upselling services
> No automatic updates
> No nagging.
> No automatic updates
Without auto-updates you could take a guess how many systems wouldn't get patched in months.
I know it goes against the grain here; but so what. It's the users prerogative to do with their device, what the wish. Nag for security updates, sure. But automatic updates of anything is user hostile and should be abolished. Especially when those automatic updates remove features or introduce a shit ton of new bugs.
Problem is the history o people failing to patch causing widespread Internet outages, such as via SQL Slammer; a SQL Server patch had been available for six months to protect against the vulnerability. Microsoft learned the lesson that users, even the “professional” ones that should know better, fail to patch, which brings us to the current automated patch situation.