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minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days ago100% agree. Unless they artifically bloat their patch/update file sizes, I’d imagine sending it through your phone to the device over bluetooth would work fine. I’d even, personally, prefer they use a wifi link directly between my phone and the device while it updates before I give it free access to my lan.
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThat sounds more reasonable. I mean driver updates for many items I used weren’t mandatory or searched for by my computer. Not even my windows machine. I had to go on their website to download them.
100% agree.
Unless they artifically bloat their patch/update file sizes, I’d imagine sending it through your phone to the device over bluetooth would work fine.
I’d even, personally, prefer they use a wifi link directly between my phone and the device while it updates before I give it free access to my lan.
That sounds more reasonable. I mean driver updates for many items I used weren’t mandatory or searched for by my computer. Not even my windows machine. I had to go on their website to download them.