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Do Linux users still think Windows updates are unreliable? Can't remember a breaking release, personally or for my users, for 6 or 7 years.
Two days ago Windows Update deleted my Linux EFI boot entry on another disk.
About a year ago an update broke Bluetooth so that I could never add or remove any devices. That had not been fixed last time I tried, several updates later.
About 5 years ago I was flat out unable to update Windows for 6 months, due to what turned out to be a bug when an unknown hard drive was attached.
Slow and randomly fails is my experience.
For me it was more about updates installing junk I didn't ask for, undoing configurations I've made, and resetting my menu customizations.
Otherwise I agree - updates never actually broke my system. They just made me not want to use it anymore.
You must have missed the whole fiasco with OneDrive. I personally know people who are still recovering from that one.
I did miss it! Again, no issues for me or 75 users with varying flavors of 10 and 11.
Yes, because I also have a Windows installation and use it at work. So yeah, I do think it's unreliable.
When I still used this trash many years ago, it gradually made my PC slower. At that, consistently with every update.
Yeah, like I said.
To my knowledge, it still happens. The concept's called "Windows Rot" and has been there since the 90s. Hey, but maybe adding bloatware like screenshotting your entire screen, every five seconds will magically fix it. Also, Windows has moved away from its own framework for the start menu and has instead used the JavaScript React thingy, result being that if you spam the start menu button, you can saturate your CPU. That's not a joke.