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How often do you update your apps? (programming.dev)
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How often do you update your apps on your devices?

me:

  • android: 2x per year, except some app needs an update to work
  • linux/manjaro: every few months, except security stuff (ik its a rolling release distro but I hate updating frequently)

A while ago I updated mostly directly after publish. But since more and more apps (primarily Google services, Social Media, ...) get shitty updates which include AI and bloat, I try to update as less as possible while stil trying to get important and new features.
But many apps freak out when not applying these updates in this timespan, which makes it really annoying when needing an app urgently. Then having to update them with eventually bad network makes me aggressive.

Which are your opinions?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Windows - if it's possible I only run security updates and postpone all other until there's no other way. I use Windows only for gaming and because I don't have much spare time I don't want to waste it on updates.

Linux - security fixes on a daily basis, all other updates I postpone as long as possible. I was using Linux as my daily driver but the amount of issues I ran into due to updates was too much for me.

macOS - security fixes immediately, minor updates few days after the release, major updates usually until the next minor version gets released.

GrapheneOS - as soon as update is available

iPhone/iPad - security fixes immediately, other updates few days after the release.