> On Twitter, one gamer shared his pain after the update stopped his favourite game from working properly.
> ‘Very cool that Skyrim is broken,’ he wrote.
> ‘Yet another thing Windows updates has ruined for me. They’ve taken everything from me.’
- https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/09/microsoft-admits-windows-10-b...
(Or find your own counterexamples: https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+update+destroyed )
- you can run updates whenever you like. no nag screens, no automatic reboots
- even when you do run updates you don't usually need to reboot and if you do need to reboot you can choose when to do so yourself.
- updates don't install ads or other unwanted crap
- (on debian at least) updates don't tend to break anything.
- no stalling boot
- no stalling shutdown -- I can't count the amount of times I've stayed up late because windows update was preventing shutdown.
- still automatic updates if you want with all of these advantages.
- you can run updates whenever you like. no nag screens, no automatic reboots
- even when you do run updates you don't usually need to reboot and if you do need to reboot you can choose when to do so yourself.
- updates don't install ads or other unwanted crap
- (on debian at least) updates don't tend to break anything.
- no stalling boot
- no stalling shutdown -- I can't count the amount of times I've stayed up late because windows update was preventing shutdown.
- still automatic updates if you want with all of these advantages.