Microsoft, Arendt, and The Banality of Evil

Hannah Arendt wrote her work on the banality of evil. It is worth reading, banal being dull, unimaginative. Microsoft has apparently issued its latest update of the computer destroying Windows 10. I personally have two dead laptops resulting from this monster. In this case, in my opinion and based upon my experience, the evil is the destruction of hardware, software, most importantly peoples' productive time. One should question how many human years of creativity are lost due to the shabby software handed down from this company.

PCWorld announces the latest destroyer of cyber entities. They note:

Microsoft is slamming the brakes on the Windows 10 October 2018 Update’s rollout. The upgrade became available during the company’s Surface event on Tuesday, but in the days that followed, numerous users across the web reported that the transition deleted massive chunks of data. User profiles and entire folders full of files went missing in some cases and rolling back the upgrade didn’t restore them. Now Microsoft is temporarily halting the October 2018 Update’s distribution due to the issue. “We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigate isolated reports of users missing some files after updating,” Microsoft’s support page for build 1809 says.

Release after release destroys computers and data. This time in a real big way. Perhaps Microsoft should hire some competent software testers. Really, it is not hard. The company seems to be in free fall.

One suspects that sooner or later there will be a massive class action suit, despite the unread user agreements. Think "contract of adhesion".

One is almost forced to use Microsoft. It is in my opinion a monopoly if ever there was one. It consistently issues updates that cause in my opinion and in my experience irreparable harm. And it appears that it just does not care!