Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
by ryandrake on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:38AM
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I'd be 100% in favor of automatic software updates if there were some guarantee that it was just used for security fixes and nothing else. But if you leave it up to the software vendor to decide what gets automatically pushed, you inevitably backslide back to where we are today where everything gets jammed down the user's throat.
So very true, but the complexities can be considerably reduced by not forcing updates - whether security, dependability, or UX. So many updates I see nowadays are the very 'churn' you mention.