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Why would Snap kill the running application when the update is pushed? Any system for self-updating applications needs to install the new version side by side w
by alkonaut 4y ago
Why would Snap kill the running application when the update is pushed? Any system for self-updating applications needs to install the new version side by side with the existing one anyway. So what’s the reason for terminating the running instance?
- userbinator 4y agoThey've adopted Microsoft's approach of trying to hold users on a leash and beat them into submission.
- alkonaut 4y agoMicrosoft’s self updating desktop apps (Teams etc) switch silently on restart. Unsure about their store apps but I imagine it’s the same thing. With older windows desktop apps which install to privileged locations like %programfiles% it’s more complex. But that’s the point: snap is a new system. It should be well designed because of it, and be on par with “modern” install systems. It feels strange if they restart for no reason. And it feels equally strange if they have a design that requires it.