Microsoft no longer allows turning off app updates in the Microsoft Store

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-no-longer-allows-turning-off-app-updates-in-the-microsoft-store/

by AdmiralAsshat • 11 months ago

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rocketvole• 11 months ago

While I am disappointing, I'm not exactly surprised. I'm willing to bet that this is in response to the Windows 10 Mail App, which was a lightweight metro app that Microsoft depreciated to try to push people to use it's new outlook app. People hated it, so they downloaded older versions and shut off app updates. Eventually, Microsoft did a server side switch that essentially broke functionality on the old app with outlook emails, although other providers work fine (for now).

wkat42423• 11 months ago

Yeah the new app isn't actually an app. It's just a web service. It's terrible. You have to hand off all your emails to the Microsoft cloud just to use it.

pjmlp• 11 months ago

Just like the folks that are into Chromebooks over here, which are cool because they run Linux?

Fairburn• 11 months ago

Simple. Dont use MS products. Also, turn off win updates and block them. It is your machine, not thiers.

wkat42423• 11 months ago

It's really hard to block the auto updates too though. And yeah it should be up to the user.

mrandish2• 11 months ago

Microsoft continues to enshittify Windows and it's accelerating. It's forcing me to seriously evaluate moving off Windows after three decades.

DaSHacka• 11 months ago

No offense, but so long as that remains "evaluating moving off Windows", they don't give a shit.

The middle-managers making these decisions don't care how displeased the consumers are with the product; only that they continue consuming it (or in this case, using it)

mrandish2• 11 months ago

Well, this most recent regression of functionality has caused me to finally uninstall and fully disable Microsoft Store. So at least the middle-managers of MS-Store will see that in their stats.

deafpolygon• 11 months ago

This means they can start enforcing options and turning things like telemetry back on with impunity. This is a sad state of affairs, when our devices’ operating systems become an increasingly hostile environment. Honestly, it’s time to start looking into switching to libre environments, before we are left with no alternatives.

brador• 11 months ago

Ios safari just did this auto on again with the 18.6.1 update.

justinrubek• 11 months ago

It has been the time for that for quite a while. Now we are here.

Microsoft no longer allows turning off app updates in the Microsoft Store

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