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    [–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Its because of how it disrespects the user. it keeps nagging you to update, then forces it at an inconvenient time and because the updates take so long in comparison.

    [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz -5 points 1 week ago

    The process is simple:

    1. Patch Tuesday happens, updates are rolled out.
    2. Within 0-4 days (or therabouts) of a Patch Tuesday, updates hit your device.
    3. Everything is happening 100% in the background at this point. Updates are getting prepped for installation.
    4. If you haven't rebooted to apply the updates for about 4-7 days, you'll start getting notifications that you should
    5. If you have Active Hours set up, the OS will not bother you while these are active.
    6. After something like 10-14 days you might be forced to apply the updates.

    To each their own, but I wouldn't call this "disrespecting the user". And "forcing updates at an inconvenient time" is just silly, with how much leeway you're getting.

    Also: maybe you're used to something much faster, but, personally, I don't find clicking "update and shutdown" when I go to sleep and then coming back to an updated PC in the morning that problematic. The longest I had to sit through the updates was 20 minutes because I wanted to apply a Feature Update.

    I guess my point is: there's A LOT to bash Microsoft and Windows for. No need to invent things that aren't there.