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Just try not to presuppose more than is required. I might be unhappy with the newest version. Or, my device can't be updated due to technical or polital reasons
by jstimpfle 9y ago
Just try not to presuppose more than is required. I might be unhappy with the newest version. Or, my device can't be updated due to technical or polital reasons. Or, the newer version does not work or is not available for my hardware or operating system. Or, I might actually be on a fork (or fake) of the software that isn't up-to-date yet. You see, there are tons of reasons...
- sgt 9y agoIn Chrome's case, I believe it auto updates. So you don't really have a choice unless you actively try to disallow it or switch of auto-updates.
- jstimpfle 9y agoSo I do have a choice, right? HN is a pretty technical forum -- not normally a place for ignorant-consumer type viewpoints (no offense intended). Case in point, my version of "Chrome" (chromium on Debian) does not auto-update (I think so - It's the normal way on Debian, although I don't really use chromium but firefox).
- jcims 9y agoWhy don’t you go ahead and restate what sgt said in a way that wouldn’t have set you off on this needlessly perjorative tangent.
- jstimpfle 9y agoSorry, I'm just bad at leaving posts below my own ones unanswered. But actually I explained exactly what I thought was wrong with that (sgt's) comment and why I supposed it had been downvoted. I don't think there is a way of restating it -- OP has a perfectly valid point that does not need "nothing is wrong, just restart or install this thing that everybody needs to have" type rebuttals.