Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th May 2009 08:24 UTC
When Google released the first version of its Chrome web browser, many eyebrows were raised over the fact that it updated itself automatically and silently, in the background, without user intervention or even so much as a notice. As it turns out, this has been a brilliant move by Google, as Chrome users are the most likely to have up-to-date installations of their browser, followed at a respectable distance by Firefox users. Safari and Opera trail behind significantly.
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I would instead prefer auto-updates like Chrome with the ability to change the setting for users who wants to.
Cause we all know that average Joe will go with defaults, and they need updates the most. So to protect ME from spam and botnets, I want all the Joes out there to have updated software. And we will only get that if we just skip asking about it.