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I think I'm much more ok with background things upgrading in the background. For instance: I never open a new browser tab and think "hmmm, lets launch a Flash p
by akerl_ 12y ago
I think I'm much more ok with background things upgrading in the background. For instance: I never open a new browser tab and think "hmmm, lets launch a Flash process", it's just there, ready to respond when needed. So it isn't shocking to find that it polls for updates and applies them.
By contrast, git is a tool that I manually invoke on the command line, and when the process terminates it's done. Having that phone home at runtime feels more invasive.
- semi-extrinsic 12y agoThat's a good point actually. It fits with the principle of least confusion. (The software I mentioned is a command line tool/library.)
- sillysaurus3 12y agoA tool printing "This version has a critical vulnerability, upgrade immediately" wouldn't be confusing though, or cause any problems. Even if it wasn't connected to the network, it simply wouldn't print that message. Everything else would still work properly. It seems like people are worried about privacy without thinking it through.