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I do the same thing and I get an unbelievable amount of salt about it from my colleagues (most of them programmers), even though they have the same issues I do
by krageon 6y ago
I do the same thing and I get an unbelievable amount of salt about it from my colleagues (most of them programmers), even though they have the same issues I do and complain about the same things. It's just not understandable at all.
- hutzlibu 6y agoUpdates are really important in terms of security. The problem here is the hostile relationship from the companies to their customers.
- Akronymus 6y agoMost updates seem to eschew security in favor of new "features" or "improvements". And even if they say security they usually bundle it with other changes, along with not even saying what kind of security change. Give me a vulnerability tracker and what has been fixed, and I'll actually update your app. For me, the "added security" is just not worth it MOST of the time. Partially due to actually only installing apps that don't even have the capability to do much/any damage, due to it only having permission to access parts I don't deem dangerous.
- ryandrake 6y agoI would buy the "updates are important because security" line of reasoning if software developers would bother to release security-only patches to old software, but most don't. Unfortunately, you need to take the bad (UI re-designs, unwanted features, changed file formats) with the good (securest fixes), so I unfortunately often decide to keep the old, slightly more vulnerable software.
- krageon 6y ago> Updates are really important in terms of security. We're talking about phone apps. 99% of the time this just isn't the case and the remaining 1% is for issues so widely broadcast you would absolutely know.