My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse
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Processors change, libraries become deprecated or vulnerable, design paradigms shift, and new integrations become possible that weren't there when the application first launched. Should we blame old house builders for using asbestos when they didn't know how poorly that would end up?
We should blame a shitty company for not being able to maintain their code.
Seriously if the world depends on some dumb company with some tiny number of people relative to the planet, then the world is dumb and fucked.
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I'm sure all those enterprise clients are positively champing at the bit to switch to Linux
Can I have a conversation about computers here without it being about Linux? And I say this as somebody who uses Linux full-time on all their computers.Enterprise clients are paying for legal liability not for security, quality, etc. It's pure theatre.
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This person has no sense of security.
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When is this fad going to end?!
When capitalism ends. Or the planet... Whichever comes first.
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Remember the early 2000s?
Updates would regularly add shitty bloat and break features. Upgrading to the latest version of anything was always a bad move.It's only maybe the last ten years or so that we have expected updates to fix shit and not break it....
That bad times are back, unfortunately. In all aspects of life.
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We have decided to charge for what was previously included... Substantially changing the parameters of the established contract
Suck it
Corporations are basically just criminals now
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We should blame a shitty company for not being able to maintain their code.
Seriously if the world depends on some dumb company with some tiny number of people relative to the planet, then the world is dumb and fucked.
Well updates are "maintenance", I'm arguing against someone who seems to think the code should be flawless from the get go and being any lesser and requiring updates is an issue of the developers.
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You can’t maintain security and feature changes separately long term.
Windows itself already splits those up in security and feature updates.....
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If you have an asshole that does a bad job for a handyman, you will learn to fear the fixes.
It's not the regularity that is the problem, is the people delivering the fixes. Change manufacturers and software providers. I promise you there is software that is reliable, doesn't get worse over time, respects your freedom, and treats you like a human being instead of a conduit from your bank account to theirs.
You can enjoy software and computers actually.
As in, switch to Linux and learn to enjoy using computers again.
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I have a security camera by a very popular brand, and much to my surprise, I was suddenly unable to use it unless I updated to the latest firmware.
The thing is, the update software said that I was on the latest version.
It took days, physical intervention with a ladder to gain access to the camera, and the company tech support, to force an update to the camera, allowing me to use it once again.
That made me realize that the expensive security cameras I'm using aren't mine, and might as well be rentals. Because the company could, at any time, render my entire system useless unless I meet their demands, which could be a forced subscription or worse.
The enshittification of paid hardware has no bounds!
What's the brand we should look out for?
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What's the brand we should look out for?
This specific brand is Reolink, but I have no doubt that other brands do the same thing.
