[Fresh Wind]

Why do they call the update “sneaky”?

Microsoft became aware of the problem and fixed it. As you said, people who refuse to do the critical updates do so at their own risk.

This sounds like the old “Microsoft can do nothing right, and Apple can do nothing wrong” attitude.

Yes, Apple fixed the problem as well. Are they calling Apple “sneaky” too?

[dayglored]

> Why do they call the update “sneaky”? Microsoft became aware of the problem and fixed it. As you said, people who refuse to do the critical updates do so at their own risk.

I dunno. Might just be a snarky headline writer. By this point, everybody knows that Microsoft slides updates into Windows 10 systems without announcing them. It's one reason I'm sticking with Win7 for now.

> This sounds like the old “Microsoft can do nothing right, and Apple can do nothing wrong” attitude. Yes, Apple fixed the problem as well. Are they calling Apple “sneaky” too?

Neither the article nor the author said anything about Apple. These days, Windows gets more flak from Linux users than Apple users, judging by the comments on the FR threads anyway.

Any in any event, there are probably 10 times more disgruntled Windows users who trash Microsoft, than there are Mac users in total. :-)