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Comment by maimeowmeow | Hacker News Reader

It was one of the largest motivating factors when switching of windows to linux/mac.

That lack of control where the computer randomly decides to restart when gaming during odd hours.

Set network on metered mode, but computer decides to reboot while you are still inputing with mouse, and keyboard is so passive aggressive.

All for some random update that is just so important.

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The worst part is even if you aren't there - it doesn't do all the work while you are away. It intentionally saves some work for when you log in so that you are forced to watch all the great work its doing instead of what you actually wanted. Its extra fun on those big updates where this part can take over a half hour.

The effusive status messages when it does this really adds to the "watch all the great work it's doing" effect.

"Hi ... We've got some updates for your PC ... It should only take a few minutes ... We should be done with your PC really quick ..."

I always found "Your data is right where you left it" mildly threatening. Like is there a reason it wouldn't still be there? Should I be worried?

I mean, there was that one time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/10/06/microsof...

My Win10 PC has been pestering me about the latest feature update(s) for months now but they repeatedly fail because of some generic driver error, which I briefly tried troubleshooting in vain. So every now and then I get to watch my PC rollback yet another failed update.

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