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It's like you've never actually experienced the autoupdater and are only responding to a rough description of the process. It's a HUGE win. > What if it suck

It's like you've never actually experienced the autoupdater and are only responding to a rough description of the process. It's a HUGE win. > What if it sucks down bandwidth when I'm on 3G? That might happen. What if it does? > What if an update breaks something, and I'm in the middle > of something that can't be updated? As per TFA (and experience): The autoupdater never interrupts you. The only UI change is one of the toolbar buttons changes subtly. Most of the time you don't notice that an update is ready to install. More to the point, after the update you usually don't even notice anything different. > What if an update silently breaks the update process? There's absolutely no precedent for this, but honestly, who cares? This is hardly reason to shun the entire system. Bottom line: The autoupdater makes sure I never care about the version of Chrome I'm running, just like a web app.

unwind 15y ago
That might happen. What if it does? Then it risks costing me money, for doing something I've not chosen to do. For a feature described as "not worrying", that can be potentially very worrying.
- dmbass 15y ago
  Do you choose what version of a web site you use? Generally no. You trust that whoever is running it cares enough to not break it for you, just like Chrome users trust Google to not break their web browser.
  - Splines 15y ago
    Exactly. I can only buy this line of thinking if you're in charge of mission critical machines (if it ain't broke, don't fix it). For the vast majority of people, heading down this rabbit hole isn't worth the effort. (On the flip-side, it would be nice if there was a magical "undo those updates to point in time X" feature in case something went wrong and you wanted to see if it was because of an update).
- jonknee 15y ago
  You have chosen to, by installing Chrome. Install Chromium if you don't want automatic updates. It's a pain though, Chrome's auto-updates are first class.

unwind 15y ago

That might happen. What if it does? Then it risks costing me money, for doing something I've not chosen to do. For a feature described as "not worrying", that can be potentially very worrying.

dmbass 15y ago
Do you choose what version of a web site you use? Generally no. You trust that whoever is running it cares enough to not break it for you, just like Chrome users trust Google to not break their web browser.
- Splines 15y ago
  Exactly. I can only buy this line of thinking if you're in charge of mission critical machines (if it ain't broke, don't fix it). For the vast majority of people, heading down this rabbit hole isn't worth the effort. (On the flip-side, it would be nice if there was a magical "undo those updates to point in time X" feature in case something went wrong and you wanted to see if it was because of an update).
jonknee 15y ago
You have chosen to, by installing Chrome. Install Chromium if you don't want automatic updates. It's a pain though, Chrome's auto-updates are first class.