why?
times have changed
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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they're probably patching a security flaw, because we live in the future now and it is perfectly normal for a simple clock to have backdoors that can read your bank accounts
"My dishwasher is on the internet!" - "Why is on the internet?" - "To download software updates!" - "Why does it need software updates?" - "To fix security vulnerabilities!" - "Why would it have security vulnerabilities?" -"Because it's on the internet!"
I never connected my refrigerator to the internet. Why the fuck would I need Bixby on my refrigerator? I don't even use the voice assistant on my phone.
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Great plot for hackers 2.
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That update is going to take some time.
Man....fuck you....take your upvote and gtfo
Estimated update time is being updated please wait [Estimated update time is being updated please wait[Estimated update time is being updated please wait…] minutes] minutes
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Incoming the switch to Linux tribe...
Sir, do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior Linux?
No, no Its GNU/Linux Lol
That's a very conservative take
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You haven't really lived until you've played UT2K4 on Hannah Montana linux.
For a reason.
I don't disagree.
For the first time, I am actually dual booting with Mint and using it. Honestly, it wouldn't be a thing without Proton. Props to Valve!
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I would like to move into a paradigm of no software updates for things software updates are not appropriate for.
Well, either roll such updates out centrally, which Windows is capable of, I don't know why they don't use it here.
Or make it an entirely optional download, where the user can decide when to download.
Or just make the update process less shit. Don't block usage until the update is applied. And ideally just swap out the files in the background, although unfortunately that really isn't easily doable on Windows.
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And updates at non-intrusive times for the rest. I've been late for so many meetings when Zoom insists on doing some painfully slow update. (I know I could open it 5 minutes earlier but it's still a bad user experience.)
We have altered the Clock app. Pray we do not alter it further.
It will now report home every timer you've ever set, what names you gave them, and what browser tabs were open at the time.
"We're making the clock app cloud enabled! Now you'll be able to set and clear alarms from any of your Windows™ connected devices! We've also implemented customisable actions with PowerShell scripting now fully integrated! Want your display to show a lovely sunrise every morning? Clock App can do it!"
Next minute -
"Security update 13112023-33: A malicious user can access the internet-exposed ClockAccess™ interface on your devices, setting alarms with scripted actions that can cause complete loss or exfiltration of your data.
To mitigate this issue, we have shifted ClockAccess™ to a more secure, fully cloud-based service. This also means that the updated application will not start if there is no internet access, please adjust your usage of the application accordingly.
As the Clock app runs under a Local Administrator account on consumer versions of Windows™ and Domain Administrator on Windows Server™ machines, this is a high priority update and it will be installed on application startup without user confirmation. You may notice increased resource utilisation by the Clock App, this is a necessary increase due to security features. It is recommended that at least one vCPU and 1.5GB of memory be made available at all times for efficient operation of the app."
For your food windows?
I misread that, too. With punctuation, it would be:
...for my food. Windows, why?!
(They're addressing the Windows operating system.)
That's not misreading, that's miswriting!
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Just yesterday it requested me to verify my account (with a full UAC dialog) before opening the clock app. I guess it was trying to sync (?) the custom alarms/timers (??) between my devices (???) but... WTF, Microsoft.
For some reason windows will update their own app from their own app store, and then immediately apply another update when you open the app.
Their whole system is so hacked together.
little things like this that would have only gotten updates for one version of windows to another, for ui changes or sumsuch, now get updates frequently, and since they're 'store' updates now, you have even less control over them. it's rather annoying.
little things like this that would have only gotten updates for one version of windows to another, for ui changes or sumsuch, now get updates frequently, and since they’re ‘store’ updates now, you have even less control over them. it’s rather annoying.
This is actually not a Windows but a general modern development issue. Things need to change. Change! CHAAAAANGE! Value! Effort! Work! Endlessly! GROWTH!
Look at how many apps update every 1-3 days. It's crazy.
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Ah yes I need to update my lock so I can get the latest ads and spyware.
Just had a similar issue with Samsung watch. Go to time food and the entire ui changed that I need to figure out but my food is on the grill already
The most annoying thing with these updates is the way they don't give you any kind of indication of what's happening on your system during an update.
Have had cases where an application was 'updating' and looking in task manager/networking tab I can see no network traffic and no disk usage, seemingly hung up for 15 minutes or longer.
I get updating the clock app, what I don't get is why update it like this and why would it take so long that the user felt the need to complain?
downloadUpdate();
sleep(10000); // 10 seconds should be enough time for the buffer cache to finish writing to disk even on the slowest system.
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It seems you opened clock for the first time, that's why it's updating
Whenever my dad's tablet gets an OS update it takes about five minutes to "optimize your apps". I don't know if it's effective because the tablet is slow as hell despite being pretty new.
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It's an msix application. (98% certain) For some reason Microsoft set it to upgrade from any Version and prompt or rather forcefully updated to latest version on launch. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/app-installer/update-settings
Windows
there's your problem
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