For non-technical users, it seems pretty likely that a product without automatic updates, users won't update frequently. This results in users getting compromi

For non-technical users, it seems pretty likely that a product without automatic updates, users won't update frequently. This results in users getting compromised... a lot... that's why pretty much every heavily used piece of consumer software now does automatic updates, from Apple, to Google to Microsoft. Decrying automatic updates as "zero privacy" seems a bit daft in that context.