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No win scenario. We need to install updates because of security vulnerabilities. But we shouldn’t install updates because they might introduce bugs.

• spaqin 3mo ago
  Security vulnerabilities get too much credit. It's "think of the children" of the software world. Most updates don't fix any, most vulnerabilities won't get used in the real world against you either, and in many cases the security is for the corporation against the customer instead.
  • pbhjpbhj 3mo ago
    'Security and bug fixes' is what companies say when they want you to update. They might be correct. You see that on Google Play store a lot ... Really they should mandate availability of descriptive and accurate update notes. But then Google are one of the worst offenders, often their updates don't even include details at all. One has to go spelunking through comments and forums trying to find if the update actually fixes anything or if it's just to include a few more ads or tracking mechanics. Hooray for OSS, F-Droid is way better ime.
• atmavatar 3mo ago
  Of course, we largely only need to worry about the security vulnerabilities because manufacturers increasingly hook our hardware up to the internet so they can exfiltrate data about us.
• bigstrat2003 3mo ago
  To be honest, with how poor quality some software has gotten, I refuse to update it, security issues or no. Most products aren't that bad, thankfully, but there does reach a point where the theoretical risk of a security vulnerability is outweighed by the immediate issue of "this crap doesn't work any more".