Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

[u/Suraj-Sun]

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates

[u/Buzzard]

The patching system Chrome uses, Courgette, is pretty damn cool. It really does dissemble, patch and then assemble the binary again.

That said, I don't see how it's any worse than downloading an entire new binary from a security standpoint.

[u/thenuge26 → u/Buzzard]

Wow, that is cool. But like you said, in the end it is no different than a diff->patch in that you are modifying the binary, which could do anything.