> Just look at the frustration of browser users with Mozilla constantly rearranging the UI or Google actively removing functionality from Chrome
Welcome to the brave new world. (Apple removing functionality as well.)
Windows 10 is moving to a continuous update process that is exactly like Gmail, Facebook and all web apps, and for exactly the same reasons.
At least this avoids the "big bang" updates that left incompetent organizations running buggy, insecure 14-year-old code. (The buggy insecure new code actually does work a lot better ;-)
> Block even knowledgeable users from choosing whether to install specific updates?
How many are of those exist? As far as I can see, the number is between very, very small and zero, and even the best know far less about updates than Microsoft (because Microsoft can see tens of millions of PCs, and it has the source code).
That very small number has a problem because Microsoft is trying to cater to a billion users who don't even pretend to such arcane knowledge.
Otherwise, there's a business branch where you can delay updates for a few months, and one where you can effectively delay them forever.
Welcome to the brave new world. (Apple removing functionality as well.)
Windows 10 is moving to a continuous update process that is exactly like Gmail, Facebook and all web apps, and for exactly the same reasons.
At least this avoids the "big bang" updates that left incompetent organizations running buggy, insecure 14-year-old code. (The buggy insecure new code actually does work a lot better ;-)
> Block even knowledgeable users from choosing whether to install specific updates?
How many are of those exist? As far as I can see, the number is between very, very small and zero, and even the best know far less about updates than Microsoft (because Microsoft can see tens of millions of PCs, and it has the source code).
That very small number has a problem because Microsoft is trying to cater to a billion users who don't even pretend to such arcane knowledge.
Otherwise, there's a business branch where you can delay updates for a few months, and one where you can effectively delay them forever.