Mac devs are good at updating their apps because Sparkle exists. It’s hard to overstate the impact of Sparkle, it made it easy for developers to ship updates w

Mac devs are good at updating their apps because Sparkle exists. It’s hard to overstate the impact of Sparkle, it made it easy for developers to ship updates while also putting the control of that process in the hands of developers rather than the platform. Linux went the opposite route with dozens of package managers which makes it harder for updates to reach users.