[rie_t]

I really do miss the design of Windows 7 and the apps of that era (think Office 2007 style)

I hope it comes back

[londons_explore]

Office 2007 was the last time someone had a vision and fully executed it.

Every design refresh since then has been half finished and pushed out the door with too many bits of the old left.

[wolvoleo]

Yes like the control panel. They've been at it for 10 years and there's still random bits of the old one appearing.

[dosisking]

"Please do not power off your machine. Installing update 1 of 100."

I definitely prefer XP over 7. No automatic updates."

[notabotiswear]

Automatic updates are not bad. Quite the opposite, it’s the lack of automatic patching that is dangerous.

Win10/11’s problem isn’t auto updates, it’s the severely reduced user agency in the matter (and the quality of said updates, but that’s another story).

[throwway120385]

Auto updates are bad for a user's sense of control over their machine. Auto updates are generally good for security.

[hulitu]

> Automatic updates are not bad

No. They are not bad. They are terrible. Forgot to test your SW or a state actor just discovered your backdoor ? Wait till i finish my work. Don't interrupt me, be more careful next time.

[notabotiswear]

The existence of vulnerabilities, backdoors or otherwise, is the main reason why you’d want the ability to automatically patch things.

Absolute resistance to auto updates (without assuming the responsibility of manual maintenance) is how you end up with WannaCry…

[avazhi]

Have you never used Group Policy?