@cowboy sam wrote:
@Moonlady
When i agreed with gardenman....it was was about Windows 10 updates...
And my point is very simple and applies to just about anything with updates. If you don't install every update then the newer updates may assume something's there that's not there and it creates far more problems than you'd have had if you installed every update. Modern operating systems are so complex, for both phones and computers, that no one, not even their top programmers know every line of code in the OS. Anyone assuming they know more than the creators of the OS about which updates to install and which to skip is making a very bold assumption. You're much, much better off installing everything and not trying to cherry-pick which updates you want to install. At some point you will choose badly and then undoing the mess becomes much more complicated.
And yes, installing every update will eventually get you in trouble, but everyone installing every update will run into the same problem so the fix is typically easier to find than sorting through the mess of which updates have or haven't been installed.
I'm a pretty bright guy with computers, but I know for a fact that I don't know nearly enough to pick and choose which updates to install. Windows 10 reportedly has at least 27 million lines of executable code. (Some say as many as 50 million lines, maybe more.) Android phones have 12-15 million lines of executable code. MAC OS X Tiger (10.4) reportedly has 85 million lines of executable code. If you truly think you're capable of knowing exactly which updates to install and which to skip, then you're either a computer genius without equal, or you're making a foolish assumption.
You may think you should have a right to decide which update to install, but that's like saying you should have the right to take the controls of a jet mid-flight and fly it yourself. "Hey, I paid for my ticket, why should the pilot be the only one who gets to fly the plane?" Maybe you could complete the flight and land safely, but in all likelihood you'd crash and die. Not letting you have total control isn't taking away your rights, it's keeping you safe. You may not see it that way, and sure even planes flown by professionals sometimes crash, but your chances of getting someplace safely are far better if you leave things to the pros.
Letting users cherry-pick which updates to install is a recipe for disaster which is why pretty much no one lets that happen these days. They've seen the chaos that ensues. Install every update and trust the people who know what they're doing. If they get it wrong, they'll get it wrong for a whole lot of people and fix it. If you try to cherry-pick which updates to install, you will get it wrong and fixing it will be much, much harder.
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