Those of us who are fine with running slightly outdated software are probably safe from whatever minor vulnerabilities we might be exposing ourselves to. Regard

Those of us who are fine with running slightly outdated software are probably safe from whatever minor vulnerabilities we might be exposing ourselves to. Regardless, the choice should always be left up to the user. It doesn't have to be one way or the other to make you and me both happy—there can be an "auto-update" setting and a "never check for updates" setting.