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by mehrdadn 2805 days ago
It used to work fine pre-Win-10 where they gave you the updates and let you install them when the time was right for you. This stubborn obsession with the idea that no sane user could possibly have anything more critical in their life than installing whatever code comes out of your hands instantly is just nuts.
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pre-Win-10, Windows was also considered the most bug-infested zombie-farm around.

idea that no sane user could possibly have anything more critical in their life than installing whatever code comes out

The problem is when you examine user behavior, they inexplicably seem to have something more critical than installing updates, 24/7/365. Which is how bot farms begin.