Sign this petition to help spread the message online

Oct 19, 2015 09:51 GMT  ·  By

Long-time Windows users have most likely heard about the change of strategy that Microsoft embraced for Windows 10 updates, as the company no longer wants to provide users with change logs unless there’s something really significant that is worth mentioning.

But this change clearly doesn’t please consumers, who expect to have full control over the updates they install, so it’s no surprise that many are rallying against the company for not sharing release notes.

A petition posted on change.org calls for the software giant to reconsider this policy because “Microsoft must give users more control over when updates are installed.”

With more than 2,000 signatures and a first goal of 2,500, the petition is directly aimed at Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella who, according to the poster's opinion, is the only one who can change this.

What about botched updates?

The petition actually makes sense. In the case of botched updates, which can actually affect system performance and sometime damage the OS itself, not only that users don’t know what they install, but they also have no control options, such as delaying or hiding the update for a certain period of time. Windows 10 Home machines get all updates automatically when they are delivered.

“We need the ability to delay or hide damaging updates that impact the computing experience, have undesirable side effects such as blue screens of death, or reduce the functionality to attached devices. Under the current system of mandated updates, we have been adversely impacted by forced driver and firmware updates plus other patches; we've wasted hours dealing with the unwanted side effects,” the petition reads.

While supporters find the new cumulative update approach very helpful, the lack of documentation is at the opposite pole, because nobody knows exactly what these updates really bring.

“We applaud the cumulative-update model, but the lack of documentation doesn't let us to perform the due diligence required for safely deploying and maintaining Windows 10 systems in our organizations.”

There’s no doubt that Microsoft is already aware of all these complaints, but there’s still no intention to change this anytime soon. But depending on the amount of feedback, it might have no other option than to comply, so the more the signatures, the bigger the chances to get update information.