Especially in the past, mandatory Windows updates have caused quite a few headaches, with users finding themselves with news (not always pleasant) into your systems without pressing a single button. Ed is what is happening on some Windows systems 10 , with the operating system that, after installing some patches, restarts the system by introducing links to the Office web-apps in different points of the interface and in the Menu Start.

To have talked about it was ZDNet first, TheVerge and others then. Initially it was thought to be an update designed only and exclusively for members of the Insider Program (within which Microsoft offers the unreleased versions of Windows 10 and other software for testing purposes), but in reality it seems that the change is also expected on normal installations. Note that apps do not take up storage space or other resources .

Until now, however, the installation of the Office PWAs was optional, while now it can happen without any user interaction. Not only does the latter not have to give permission to make the change, but he is also not informed, with Microsoft thus effectively promoting its online productivity suite. The lack of a notification or the user’s consent request is the main problem of what happened, but there is more.

As TheVerge points out, in fact, Microsoft’s actions can jeopardize the trust that users place on mandatory updates. The company has created different ways of updating precisely to ensure that these introduce fundamental fixes, and not changes in functionality, such as security fixes for already known or widespread exploits. If, on the other hand, they are proposed to advertise company products, users could lose faith in updates and start to think of not having full control of the system, unlike what Microsoft has tried to reiterate several times in recent years.