Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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203 points binwiederhier | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 09:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

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jacquesm ◴[28 Aug 25 10:20 UTC] No.45050442[source]▶

I wonder what the commercial effect is of such a thing on MS. Because assuming that the SSDs are unrecoverable it might lead to sales of new machines or new Windows licenses. There is a fair chance that bugs like these end up making good money, the numbers are large enough that even a small fraction of the users being affected can translate into a serious windfall.

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hosteur ◴[28 Aug 25 11:23 UTC] No.45050829[source]▶

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They should be held liable if their software bricks hardware.

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p_ing ◴[28 Aug 25 12:30 UTC] No.45051357[source]▶

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Can you get Linus Bucks by replacing your efivars with Doom?

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hosteur ◴[28 Aug 25 12:37 UTC] No.45051414[source]▶

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You seem to be implying that Linus Thorvalds should also be liable for damage caused by Linux kernel.

I don't think the analogy is good. You might be better off replacing Linus with Apple and Linux with macOS. In that case, I would definitely think Apple should be held liable if an update to macOS bricks some hardware in a Mac.

But with Linux, it is different: You do not have a business relationship with Linus.

Sure, if you bought your Linux distribution from, say Red Hat, and it bricks your server, I think you might have a good case against Red Hat(IBM).