| > - the above scenarios are still missing the crucial component, that crankylinuxuser points out: the user's consent to update. Neither poster in this thread addressed this concern. Indeed. Lack of control is my biggest source of anger. I'm accustomed these days that most devices are under some sort of remote control/ownership from the "mothership". Free Software and friends have made it so we could avoid this, and retain ownership of our systems. On Windows, reboots are a fact of life. I was in an MRI last year that took 1.5 hours. The MRI itself was a 1/2 hour, but the required mandatory update came in when I showed up. I also know people who 3d print have used Windows, reboot cycle update, and lost their print. Long story short, Windows, Mac, iPhones, and Androids are not our devices. We at best rent them. Ownership = control. So when some open source group wants to centralize and force updates like this, its because they are trying to fight for ownership of my devices. Ive fought long and hard to free myself from most onerous software. And I see it now popping up in what was once a bastion of freedom. So yeah, I'm angry. And yes, Ill do what I think is right in terms of impeding this. |