Samsung disables Windows Update on its laptops, wants you to use its own utility instead

[Windows Central]

In what is yet another case of a manufacturer making things harder than they need to be, Samsung is pushing customers to use its own utility in favor of Windows Update to keep their laptops updated.
All Samsung laptops come with a tool called SW Updater that checks for any updates to bloatware that comes pre-installed, along with driver and software updates. While such utilities are available from most vendors, what's unique about Samsung's SW Updater is that it was found to disable Windows Update, preventing Microsoft's default updater tool from finding new updates.

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[ajayden]

Well, not much of a concern as Samsung laptops do not have high market share.
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[Laura Knotek]

It sounds exactly like Samsung's bloatware on Android devices.

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[Daniel Ratcliffe]

Samsung was (and possibly still is) the dominant player in mobile. It wants all the power for itself. Just you wait, there'll be Samsung AV that will be a deep rootkit that disables every other antivirus/antispyware software in favour of their own.

 

[LockOnTech]

Samsung was (and possibly still is) the dominant player in mobile. It wants all the power for itself. Just you wait, there'll be Samsung AV that will be a deep rootkit that disables every other antivirus/antispyware software in favour of their own.

The bigger they are, the harder they will fall... Eventually.