Side poll: Do people automatically download OS updates for their computers? A lesson from my Windows days way back when was never to update anything unless absolutely needed -- computer, phones, etc. "Needed" is loosely defined as "key software that you need to work is no longer working on your older OS, hence you need to upgrade your OS to keep using this key software (sorry!)."
I'm aware of security patches etc, but risk of regular things breaking for little apparent upside has always led me (and most folks I know) to avoid upgrades except in the above-mentioned case.
Edit, not just asking about Windows, but all operating systems, OSX, iOS, Android, Linux, etc.
The default in Windows is to auto update and you have no choice without jumping through hoops or working under a corporate group policy. So at least in terms of Windows, the answer to your question is yes - most people automatically download OS updates.
I love updates! I always update everything as soon as humanly possible. MacUpdater is like a sweet, sweet drug. I find the incidents of things breaking to be fairly low for me, and when things do break, it's usually fairly easy to find a workaround. Thankfully I've never had hardware get bricked before.
Having said that, I may have some kind of mental disorder because the thought of being behind when new software is released is abhorrent to me... Oh, but I don't AUTO update. I like to do it manually so I can read changelogs when available.
... I'm starting to feel like that person who enthusiastically tells everybody how much they love to peel their dead skin off. And everybody gives them 'that look'.
Yes and because they have a bug with egpu they introduced in August, I had to go in Group policy to disable updates until they finally release a fix or my eGPU won't work (it's in beta apparently and will come out after 11 months)... And I was complaining about Apple but this is even worse...
> And I was complaining about Apple but this is even worse...
So a driver bug, affecting a single external device, is worse than completely bricking an entire machine?
Microsoft have had their share of controversies with updates (recent memory is deleting user data folder before they halted the rollout), but they have never made a machine unresponsive to the degree of the multiple anecdotes in this comment section.
HN has some smart folks, but the leeway those folks afford Apple despite their continuous hostile and incompetent behavior is incredible.
I'm aware of security patches etc, but risk of regular things breaking for little apparent upside has always led me (and most folks I know) to avoid upgrades except in the above-mentioned case.
Edit, not just asking about Windows, but all operating systems, OSX, iOS, Android, Linux, etc.