And if it is necessary, the proper way to do this is via DNS with a record with a TTL less than 5 minutes, not pinging some webserver. This could have easily b

And if it is necessary, the proper way to do this is via DNS with a record with a TTL less than 5 minutes, not pinging some webserver. This could have easily been avoided by prompting the user for an update, not silently downloading it in the background... over and over.