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Originally Posted by eschwartz
So your flash-happy people example actually had nothing to do with the point you were trying to make?
If a good thing is used as the carrier for a bad thing, does that make good things less good? No.
If updates were manual only, the vast majority of all devices of every type would never be updated... that would give all those people below-par experiences.
A totally separate point is that knowledgeable people should be able to control what is on their device through non-default means.
The masses, however, should not be allowed to stay on outdated software  Google/Mozilla have learnt and taught that lesson well. So has the average Windows antivirus. Microsoft has a reputation of being a little overeager in that regard (force-restarting while you do work) but that does not negate the validity of their starting POV. |
There's a big difference between auto update with no choice and the update currently in my notification bar. The one in my notification bar can be ignored if I don't want it. An auto update on Android or Fire OS goes whether you want it or not, and whenever it wants to, not when it's convenient for you.