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by jhbadger 1553 days ago
Obviously this is a good example of what can go wrong with it, but there is a real benefit to updating software in an appliance, just as there is in say, a gaming console. It used to be that when a console or appliance was shipped, that was it. If there were bugs, there were bugs. Couldn't be helped. Now bugs can be fixed.