Automatic update is one of the more useful tools ever invented by software developers. But it s also a frustrating and intrusive mechanism we ve seen in recent years, thanks to the tendency of vendors to smush in a bunch of extra applications and add-ons that users may have little use or desire for. Apple is famous for cramming Safari browser down the throats of users who only wanted QuickTime or iTunes. The problem isn t so much that they re sometimes silently installing extra applications on users machines. Microsoft and other vendors also have had their goofs on this front.
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