The software has gotten a LOT better since 10 years ago. They also offer much longer updates. I still use a third party launcher with mine, but the default has become less offensive than back then.

How many decades have we had bleed resistors to prevent frying jiminy-billy while taking apart their microwave?

Realistically, nobody will do much if China invades Taiwan. The 9nly reasons they don't is first the example of the shitshow in Ukraine (a smaller power can resist a grater one for a long time) and economic (collapse of the whole semiconductor industry).

Has been for years. No one seems to care.

The oven has to be off, the garbage taken out and locked.

Go back and re-read it. It's all there.

I also have ovens, and stoves, a freezers, and garages, and a, and heating, and warm water, and garbage, and garden irrigation, and...

Yes, great sources, like Stalin clearing Stalin, the guy whom his own employer disavows and Wikipedia which ad soon as you read you retracted. Brilliant. And you only had to ignore 99% of content out there!

My point is that hackers usually try to get into productive servers. You cannot just shut them down for every hacker attack, or you would never be online. You need to keep the business running while at the same time defending from attacks, so while the top scenario has a bunch of technobabble, it is more realistic.

I didn't think I needed to say it, but the fridge is not reachable from the internet....

Nope.

Opening 40 doors and turning 50 knobs, yes.

Scholarly evidence... by this one guy who is contrary to consensus and chose to believe Stalin clearing Stalin. Bravo. I'm convinced, where do I sign?