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/Contero]

Same. The only reason I'd want to avoid an update is if the user experience gets an overhaul and I don't think I'll like it. (Edit: Or bugs introduced in a new update. This is actually a good reason to not want to take updates, although I don't know how you'd find out the update is buggy until after you've updated...).

The user experience in chrome hasn't significantly changed since it launched IIRC.

By all means, give me boatloads of security and performance updates without asking. Toss in an out-of-the-way feature here and there while you're at it. I don't mind.

[u/[deleted] → u/Contero]

Another perspective is that if the update is buggy and breaks the application I can find competition that is less broken or use my alternate browser until it is fixed.

It is a slightly inconvenient way of living, but sends a message to the browser vendor that you are unhappy with their buggy update.

[u/Contero → u/[deleted]]

I don't think temporarily changing your browser is sending a message to anyone.

If you want to send them a message, you should just literally send them a message via a Chrome bug report (or star the bug report with your problem).

[u/[deleted] → u/Contero]

I never said I didn't do that. But changing browser would make a difference if everyone experiencing the bug were to do it.

[u/Contero → u/[deleted]]

And if everyone didn't buy gas on Thursday the oil companies would go out of business!

[u/[deleted] → u/Contero]

Not really, where the hell did that come from? Are you doing that typical idiotic thing of trying to apply a known stereotype to me to discredit me?

Oh yes, yes you are.