> I have been burned often enough by software that auto-updates itself that I am positive I don't want it enabled by default on _my_ systems. Even then, there'

> I have been burned often enough by software that auto-updates itself that I am positive I don't want it enabled by default on _my_ systems. Even then, there's a difference between "automatic updates aren't enabled by default" and "the application cannot update itself at all, even if you ask it to, so you'll have to download the new version yourself" -- and it sounds like this developer has chosen the latter.