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Jun 26, 2017, 7:18 am

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Originally Posted by reft

Auto-update is becoming more and more the default setting. Usually left unchanged until one is burned.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cblaisd

I'm astonished that anyone lets iOS (or Windows for that matter) auto-update the OS without carefully checking the updates first. Likewise with software; if there is a "notify but don't update" option I'll always take it (in part because I've discovered that some newer versions of software just aren't as good as older ones -- FoxIt Reader, Copernicus Desktop, MS Word).

Of course, the reason for this is bug fixes that fill in security holes. Couple that with the fact that 95% of users won't update software of their own volition, and auto-updates become an important way to fix security problems.

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