Oh, I think I saw this movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(film)

Makes sense. Smart TVs weren't common at that point, now you can't avoid them.

Yeah, in which case you wouldn't accept the downtime and would drop the cash on redundant systems.

I think this is just an excuse to delay it. I don't think there's that many big releases coming up this year.

I mean disaster planning is about finding ways to mitigate things like power or internet going down to minimize or eliminate their impact. That said, accepting the risk of downtime because alternatives are too expensive is a perfectly valid decision as long as it's an intentional one.

15 year old game at this point

Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that not even he could eat it?

"Review bomb" aka getting bad reviews.

Primary candidates don't usually select a running mate before the primary anyways.

Are you shocked that bad software can crash multiple operating systems or something?

What you're asking for is a CI/CD pipeline that deploys a set of OS updates as a set revision. I don't the details on how to do it but that's the concept you're asking for.

Use a CI/CD pipeline with a one box and preprod and run service integration tests after the update.