I agree, and people do tend to disagree, and not just because of security. Forced non-security updates for paid software should simply be mostly-illegal. For no

I agree, and people do tend to disagree, and not just because of security. Forced non-security updates for paid software should simply be mostly-illegal. For non-networked software, and most changes for networked software, it's a no-brainer. For breaking server API changes... you sell it, you have to support it let's say for 10 years. I suspect having this requirement would also greatly improve API design...