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Richard Schloss • Edited

Microsoft Windows. It doesn't respect the "disable updates" setting, so much so that it's "Windows Update Medic Service" feels the need to revive it. So yeah, unplanned updates without warning of any kind can be kind of wasteful. The actual update process is time-consuming, uses tons of data, requires users to face downtime, etc. I imagine the impact can be huge throughout the entire corporate world.