I think they're a wash. Without them, you don't get patches unless you explicitly check for them. With them, you might not get patches anyways (like many Andr

I think they're a wash. Without them, you don't get patches unless you explicitly check for them. With them, you might not get patches anyways (like many Android phones), and are forever vulnerable to server-side breaches, or the manufacturer going out of business. Worst of all, an attacker only has to compromise the update server to compromise every associated device, rather than having to hack said devices one at a time.