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HP expanding their bad practices from printers to PCs now?
Microsoft should also be to blame here. Sending BIOS updates via automatic windows updates should not be a thing.
The alternative is that BIOS updates simply never get applied.
Not sure when the sentiment changed, but it used to be heavily recommended against updating the bios on any computer unless there was a specific feature or fix your computer needed.
Sentiment changed when the "BIOS" became a component for enforcing security architecture via "SecureBoot" and also Bitlocker sealed to PCRs only does so much if the BIOS code is vulnerable. Now they really badly want a "trusted" chain from some root of trust until the OS bootloader takes over. Problem is that the developers have historically enjoyed being in a trusted, single user context for decades and so the firmware has been full of holes when actually pushed.
Which is better than bricking a machine
That's a better alternative...