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by sofixa 1554 days ago
Well for security updates of course!

As to why it needs security updates, it's because it's connected(able) to the internet.

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"The kitchen of the future will only employ one man and one dog: the man’s job is to feed the dog, the dog’s job is to bite the man if he tries to touch anything”.
Why do you need the man to feed the dog, you can have a timed dog food distributor.
So your oven needs updates because it's connected to the internet. It needs internet so manufacrurers could sell your data to data brokers. Those data brokers need your data to sell it to advertisers. And advertisers need it to sell you personalized ads. Users need ads to convince themselves that they need cheap junk, like those wifi-equipped microwave ovens. And those ovens need updates because... Such is the cycle of misery that's called "advertising industry".
I see... to prevent an army of zombie ovens coordinating to DDoS some service or web site...
It's not like this hasn't already happened - the Mirai botnet was just that, Internet of Shit appliances.