Hacker News: bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bravo777Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:53:04 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by bravo777 in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"]]>p.s. not being sarcastic

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:28:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959007bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959007https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959007<![CDATA[New comment by bravo777 in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"]]>Windows works well most of the time for most people. I have a couple of Windows PC's, both exotic and standard, and I get what I paid for out of them. Humans love to hyper fixate on the failure cases when they're bored, and this is just one of them for Windows.

Mostly anyone who has a need to work for privacy and making their own lives difficult by removing automations deserve working through the barrier of entry to do so.

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:27:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958993bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958993https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958993<![CDATA[New comment by bravo777 in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"]]>Have you been using Gentoo or FreeBSD for a long time and then suddenly remembered Windows exists on the same day this news dropped?

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:23:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958967bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958967https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958967<![CDATA[New comment by bravo777 in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"]]>I agree, this isn't news, just flame bait to smoke out the lurking FOSS enthusiasts on a Saturday morning.

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:21:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958938bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958938https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958938<![CDATA[New comment by bravo777 in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"]]>this is the only valid, reasonably sound and grounded comment in this entire discussion, bravo.

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:19:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958923bravo777https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958923https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958923