Oussebon
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Automatic updates aren't a new Win 10 thing of course, and many people ran with that in Windows 7. What Windows 10 brings is the loss of choice about it.On the one hand, i don't believe that end-users should be able to defer updates.
As a lowly end-user I'd rather retain that choice, but I can see the arguments both ways.
What really isn't acceptable is forced and no-warning feature upgrades. Even if MS get their act together and avoid massacring people's data in the future, with the best will and skill in the world, feature upgrades will periodically cause issues e.g. hits to games performance on certain configurations that need to be patched, maybe software compatibility issues, or at least a need to sweep and reinstall GPU drivers to a more current version.
And for those of us not on fibre internet, the upgrades can take a couple of hours to download rendering home internet unusable for work or entertainment.
On my never-gonna-happen wishlist is a notification in Windows Update saying "We will roll out X feature update to you within the next month - pick a date and time". It's still forced, but at least I'd get time to batten down the hatches, and some control over when I lose access to my home internet. e.g. I could tell it to download overnight on a Friday so I can spend Saturday and Sunday checking it out it, instead of finding problems on a work day.
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