[skrebbel]

This is common for any self-updating software that you use infrequently.

A friend of mine complained that he hated how Firefox "always" wants to restart with an update. I couldn't understand what he was on about. Turned out I use Firefox daily and he uses it like once every 2 months to test something and yeah, Firefox has an update out every 2 months or so, so that fits.

It's the same with Windows (and, I assume, macOS). Use Windows more and the updater will disappear out of sight.

[Mathnerd314]

I update Linux maybe once a year. Sure, there are security vulnerabilities. But I'm behind a firewall. And meanwhile, I don't have to spend any time dealing with update issues.

[wobfan]

But Windows is made for the big masses. It's definitely a good thing that Microsoft forces Auto-Updates, because otherwise 95% of people would run around with devices that have gaping security holes. And 90% of these people are not being a firewall 100% of their time.

Side effect unfortunately is that they are shoving ad- and bloatware down your throat through these updates.

But that is, because Microsoft does not care about the end user at all. It's not the fault of auto-updates.

[dawnerd]

My Mac doesn’t randomly reboot, doesn’t force updates on shutdown, doesn’t have weekly updates that require updates. IMO Apple handles updates much better than Windows.

Windows still reboots instead of shut down when you do update and shut down.

[spixy]

They fixed it recently: https://www.techpowerup.com/342538/windows-11-finally-fixes-...

[dawnerd]

It must have regressed again, just happened this morning.