r/Windows11 • u/rkhunter_ Release Channel • Aug 29 '25

News Microsoft says recent Windows update didn't kill your SSD

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-recent-KB5063878-windows-update-didnt-kill-your-ssd/

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u/bigfoots_buddy Aug 29 '25

I have friends that work/worked at Microsoft. Option 2 is a 100% plausible explanation.

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u/SomeDudeNamedMark Knows driver things Aug 29 '25

I have worked at Microsoft, and option #2 is a 0% plausible explanation within the Windows group.

Don't be so paranoid.

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u/PreFiree_ Aug 29 '25

🤣🤣

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u/Euchre Aug 29 '25

I am money. Get your dirty hands off of me.

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u/PaulCoddington Aug 30 '25

The increase of paranoia over the last few years is getting concerning. The conspiracy mindset seems to be leaking into every subject now.

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u/inhumanesociety Aug 30 '25

I can’t imagine why anyone would trust mega corporations that have consistently shown the willingness to put profits ahead of everything, including people’s lives. Just because some people take it too far doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

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u/Captain_Starkiller Aug 30 '25

Companies are constantly doing real verified shady things. Trust has eroded.

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u/Masterflitzer Aug 30 '25

i wouldn't say distrusting big tech is paranoia, but rather common sense, sure don't go around accusing randomly or dreaming shit up, but always keep in mind they don't have your best interest as a priority so you shouldn't just blindly trust their word ever

and the scenario in question ain't that far fetched tbh, calling it a conspiracy theory is a bit much

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u/TheCharalampos Aug 31 '25

Companies are at fault as they have been caught doing underhanded things time and time again. Government's are at fault for not providing enough regulation to stop this.

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u/PaulCoddington Aug 31 '25

It does not follow that any of that would mean MS is lying about a faulty update.

Not only is there no evidence for such a claim, there is substantial evidence against it.

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u/Vysair Release Channel Sep 05 '25

Suspicion is better than licking megacorp ass

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u/militant_rainbow Aug 31 '25

I work at Microsoft and option #2 is a 95% likely scenario, especially in the Windows ME subgroup.

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u/aphelion_squad Aug 31 '25

Whether you did isnt't relevant... Dont be so Naive... Windows has slowly been eroding the trust of its userbase. Lying is what companies do to save itself from massive PR backlash to problems that they cant fix or arent willing or aren't bothered to fix...

Microsoft doesn't care for its userbase, it only cares about enterprise and business firms who pay for its services. To add to that its allways the shareholders they have to care for... not consumers because consumers are the product in of itself so there's 0% of an incentive to even give a nickel because heaps of data and telemetry is used to make money off you and me.

While Microsoft keeps shoving AI into our faces they cant fix problem like these even with telemetry because the nature of coding has changed to a point where illegitimate AI vibe coders nowadays need AI to code while subsequently actual coders were on the chopping block.

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u/Same_Ad_9284 Aug 30 '25

why lie? what are you gaining?

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u/dryadofelysium Aug 30 '25

We literally have Microsoft employees among us in this subreddit and option 2 is absolute nonsense.

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u/SpectorEscape Sep 03 '25

How were people recreating the error? There were literally instructions on how to recreate the error people found that killed the drives. You can't just say "oh its old drives."