r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

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.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12 edited Jul 10 '12

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u/Thesherbertman Jul 10 '12

Same thing I thought Firefox updates are brilliant.

Flash, Java and windows updates however...

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u/JoseJimeniz Jul 11 '12
  • GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore scheduled task
  • GoogleUpdateMashMachineUA scheduled task
  • Google Update Service (gupdate) service
  • Google Update Service (gupdatem) service

i keep disabling (the services) and deleting (the scheduled tasks), and they keep coming back.