So there was a massive worldwide ransomeware attack, holding computers hostage, demanding money.
The malware is alleged to have originated in North Korea, exploiting vulnerabilities uncovered using hacking software developed by the US government, and leaked.
Microsoft was aware of these vulnerabilities and issued patches, but many users, especially non-USA users did not install the patches.
Why don't people install patches?
My experience is that every software update introduces new bugs. Moreover, the operating system becomes more and more bulky and runs slower and slower until the one has to upgrade one's computer in order to get a reasonable response time.
I feel this gradual creep of the operating systems to be bulkier and bulkier is a form of planned obsolescence to force users to buy new hardware -- a type of conspiracy against the consumer.
I would like to see the FTC and various state consumer protection offices investigating this phenomenon.
Similarly, online adhesion contracts become unreasonably long, so that it is unreasonable to expect that users have read them prior to installing software updates.
Software updates necessary for security should not cause the performance of the computer to deteriorate. Adhesion contracts should have page limits.
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