I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, it is becoming culturally acceptable to push destructive updates on users. Dropbox for Linux downloads and installs new

I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, it is becoming culturally acceptable to push destructive updates on users. Dropbox for Linux downloads and installs new binaries and unlinks the old ones. Of course Chrome does this. Firefox does it too. I shouldn't have to be so vigilant in defending my computer. Of course it is not as bad as on OSX, where if you install any Google product, like Drive or Chrome, it will nag you to authenticate it, by misleading you with messages like "We need you to authenticate so that our software can run properly" (It will run fine without you authorizing it). Google will then install the deceptively named "Keystone Agent", which runs as root, and monitors your filesystem for Google software, and will silently delete and replace it with the latest versions. Often, these newer versions remove existing functionality, such as the ability to disable DRM in Chrome [1]. The reason for this pattern for updates, is because users might not agree to this if they were given a choice. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13514415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13514415