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203 points binwiederhier | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 09:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source
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whatsupdog[dead post] ◴[28 Aug 25 10:52 UTC] No.45050631[source]▶
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majkinetor ◴[28 Aug 25 11:34 UTC] No.45050903[source]▶
Nah, I used various Linux distros for years and the update problems happen there all the time, I think even more TBH, and require substantial technical expertise to fix them.

IMO, the only good way is "if it works, don't fix it", which means, no updates. People are seriously overhyping updates.

I stopped updating all the stuff - OSes, smart locks, android apps, TVs, BP monitors - I honestly had multiple update problems on ALL mentioned devices, multiple times. I only update the thing when I have an actual problem and there is changelog stating that the bug is fixed, or when I want a new feature. You can handle security in other ways in almost all the cases.

I think this IT update burden has gotten out of hand - I don't recall any other domain is like that - my car, my house, my bicycle, my glasses DO NOT UPDATE and its glorious - apart from physical damage, they work the same as yesterday.

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4ggr0 ◴[28 Aug 25 11:51 UTC] No.45051035[source]▶
i seriously hope you don't apply this "who needs security updates, just secure it on a different level"-mantra to your profession :O

i get it for private/home stuff (even then it would make me uncomfortable, but i see the appeal).

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1. majkinetor ◴[28 Aug 25 11:55 UTC] No.45051061[source]▶
It depends on context really. Security is a feature like anything else. In an ideal world I would agree with you, but professional security costs a lot of money and the stakeholder is not necessarily willing to pay for it versus actually observable features. Also, security might be irrelevant in a bunch of contexts, particularly with great recovery options (and absence of PII) that you need to have anyway and people are actually willing to pay for it as it covers grounds that overlap with security partially or totally.