I've never understood the point of auto-update. All auto-update does is breaking software that worked fine for you, slowing down startup and wasting bandwidth. Of course owners win from that auto-update, because auto-update gives them control over your computer by turning the software into rootkit, disguised as security updates. That way Linux, Windows and OSX slowed-down user PCs under the agreement with Intel, using pretense of patching that actually harmless meltdown bug. That way Intel can sell faster newer CPUs, because all older ones got performance penalty after auto-update. Same way Apple slows down IPhones through auto-update to boost sales.
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Anonymous2018-02-21 18:52
I.e. started up Cygwin package manager to install Ruby, but it also began auto-updating other packages, which broke my installation. Now I have to somehow get older version of Cygwin, because newer is broken.
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Anonymous2018-02-21 18:53
>>2 just use Ubuntu for Windows. blows cygwin out of the water.
You have a strange definition of "working fine" when there are known security bugs that are fixed and ready to apply.
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Cudder!cXCudderUE2018-02-22 3:34
>>6 All they do is replace old bugs with new ones. They tell you everything they fixed... but don't tell you everything else they broke.
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Anonymous2018-02-22 6:23
>>7 Do you honestly believe that one can actually achieve the holy grail of no detectable bugs? I know you insist on perfection by having no bloat but your way also means you have no performance. You're all talk my friend.
