This is a very good point (about autoupdates). That said, it's also to some degree why any sort of ownership change is a double edged sword, even in cases wher

This is a very good point (about autoupdates). That said, it's also to some degree why any sort of ownership change is a double edged sword, even in cases where updates aren't automatic. I mean, how many people check the software they're using hasn't been substantially modified when an update comes out? You could buy a popular program for Windows (or Mac OS, or any Linux distribution, or anything else), add in malicious code, push the update live and find 90% of users would 'upgrade' without even thinking.