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If a Linux distro pushed bad HP firmware, people would be blaming the Linux distro. Why does Microsoft get a free pass?
I think it's HP that pushed the update though. So I'm guessing that it's their driver that they broke not windows in general.
It's not really Microsoft's fault, they're just delivering what HP releases via the firmware update channel.
I mean, Microsoft are a bag of dicks, but not on this one.
Some Linux distros probably did push the bad HP firmware. Vendors push updates via fwupd.
They don't get the blame, but they definitely will earn a conspiracy charge. They didn't commit the crime but they drove the van.