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IF newTV THEN delay := 0 ELSE (*make customer by new TV*) delay := 10 END
Careful! Apple might sue you for IP theft.
Apple is one of the few coMpanies you should trust for this.
Why Johnny Won't Upgrade
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Re: Why Johnny Won't Upgrade
#302As a user of software, I couldn't agree more with the OP that automatic updates: > should always keep the user centric > should be incremental and security or bug fixes only > should never update a user interface without allowing the previous one to be used as the default > should never be used to install telemetry or spyware or to re-enable it if it was previously switched off > should never be used to install other…
To add to the list: automatic updates should install. Many many times Windows updates download, try to install, and fail with an "unknown reason" and a useless error code. I disabled them for just this reason. It's completely pointless.
The issue of updates not installing may have saved you from worse issues.
Here is a description of updates from June which caused me significant trouble: https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/04/06/windows-10-update-k... https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/03/17/windows-10-kb455176... (other patch)
From the first article: "Another user also told us that the KB4541335 update crashes the system and later causes 100% disk/CPU usage."
That is pretty much what happened to me, especially the hard drive grinding. Also discovering that I couldn't use F8 to boot to safe mode any more. I discovered I had to wait a very long time to get to the login screen all the time with the HDD grinding and then shift click something to get the menus to be able to do a system restore without loading a user profile.
Note to anyone using Windows, always have a Windows PE environment ready to boot to, even if you are a home user, it may save a lot of trouble.
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> Then sadly the author died, and it languished for a while until it was sold to someone else. The new owner seemed to try to keep it going, but then finally gave up last year and crammed an absolutely awful “update” that was actually a totally different software via the automatic update process. Everyone’s financial data got locked up in this new version that is almost useless. ~20 years of financial tracking just g…
Is there an open format for bookkeeping data? I suppose you have ledger-cli but that's hardly useful for normal people.
Gnu cash
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If it's an option for you, it is possible to downgrade most apps if you jailbreak your phone and install a downgrade tweak.
Some apps are growing wise to holdout users, and force you to update to continue using services. That's ultimately been the death knell in every jailbreak effort I try, some essential app will eventually force me off the jailbroken iOS version.
That’s not necessarily out of malice, though. Quite possibly the older version is using some server endpoint or format that the developer has deprecated and they want to reduce their maintenance burden.
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Careful! Apple might sue you for IP theft.
Apple is one of the few coMpanies you should trust for this.
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Context matters. So 3d sculpting software or CAD do not deeply need automatic updates, although it can greatly reduce support requests (e.g. something in the OS changed, software is now crashing, need to install update). The state of play in 2020 however is that operating systems and browsers 100% need automatic updates for security issues. The reason we have them is because of all the bad things that happened when w…
I have been in IT for over 20 years now. I have had orders of magnitude more problem with updates than with malware/viruses/hackers. The thing is with malware/viruses/hackers sooner or later something will get through any defences, so you need robust recovery system anyway. And most updates that brake systems are not even security updates. I wouldn't mind automated security updates, but many many many maybe most vend…
> I have had orders of magnitude more problem with updates than with malware/viruses/hackers.
Maybe that's precisely because the updates are preventing you from being owned?
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"Europe's highest court ruled on Tuesday that the trading of 'used' software licenses is legal and that the author of such software cannot oppose any resale ." [1] [1] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2505356/eu-court-rules...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Did that ruling change anything in practice? I don't see ads for used Windows licenses anywhere.
Re: Why Johnny Won't Upgrade
#310Don't forget: "Never slow down the user interface". I have a 4K Sony television that was their flagship model when it was new, but a couple of years ago they "updated" it with a new version of its OS that looks identical but is incredibly sluggish. Not technically broken, but frustrating to use. Moving around between menu items is a good 2-3 seconds, up to 10 in some cases. There is literally nothing I can do about t…
If you're in the EU you should have a right to send it back. Failing that, if you have a blog, publicise that so others get put off buying that brand. Complain to them (edit: sony) directly also. Don't just sit there are take it, it's what they're relying on.
Does it really matter? If not one brand, you get screwed by another.
What we need is a push for free software in consumer electronics. Get any major manufacturer to realize that they can not differentiate on software and stick to making good hardware. The sooner they accept that Google is eating their lunch on the value-add anyway and that the best way to counter them is by commoditizing the software stack.
Were I an executive of LG or Samsung, I would just make sure that any TV could boot a custom OS and I would get it shipped with Kodi. Get whatever resources on R&D you want to keep and make sure they work on top of Kodi. Show a big fat finger to Android and let Google being forced to make their own TVs if they really want the market.