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?
Immediately and constantly apply updates.
Very, very, rarely have I ever had to roll anything back. Newpipe I rolled back once.
— After some thinking
- MacOS - Minor changes Number.minor I update ASAP, Major Changes Number+1.1… I wait until Number+1.3… Apple has a history of breaking the ecosystem on major changes, give them a month or two to sort it out
Same team. I update everything when i can. Or i setup automatic update
Pretty much as soon as a stable release happens for software on my phone. On my PC it mostly depends (for not-games) how annoyingly the update popup is placed. If it tells me on startup “Now (including a restart of the program) or we’ll remind you on next startup” I usually pick later because I want to work on that, e.g. PDF, immediately. By the time I did the work, I either forgot about updating (repeat cycle next time I use it) or the manual update option is somewhere too obscurely placed and I’m too lazy to find out where.
One of my programs - I think it’s Foxit PDF reader - offers an option to run the update when I close it. That’s so lovely, because it allows me to do my work now and when I’m done, I can let it update in peace while I start something different.
Edit: Because I read Win10 in the comments: For OS updates, I carefully vet the major releases. I stayed on my XP until Win 7 released and was actually an improvement. Then I only upgraded to Win 10 when I acknowledged it as good and because Sea of Thieves wouldn’t run on Win 7. Currently I’m trying to stay as far away from Win 11 as I can. We use it at work and I wouldn’t want to bring this peril into my home.
Android: 1-2 times per week, according to updates on gplay and F-droid
Win11: Once per month. OS, driver, app updates etc
Linux: Once per month. Once per two months, if I don’t open it often.I like updates of some apps and look forward to them.
Especially those of Collabora office, Newpipe/Pipepipe, Jerboa, Infinity, VLC, MPV, Firefox, Sumatrapdfviewer and similar cool apps.But I understand the internet issue. It’s mostly 3G mobile internet for me.
Every time there is a new version available for the most part.
I go to the changelog of the app or software to see what has changed, since I only use FOSS I also have a broad glance at the code. If I know that what I am updating won’t cause trouble for what I am currently doing (ie. A depency update that is used during a time I need to compile a big project), I go ahead and update.
In the case of new features I am not keen on, I usually keep the current version I have (and make any self-update impossible for said app/software), see if there is any reputable forks or fork it myself to remove said features.
I have a minimal amount of apps and software and I handpicked all of them specifically so that they follow what I want them to do. If for whatever reason they stray and become something I’d rather not use at all, I remove/purge them.
Security is also very important (to me at least). Not updating because a feature is unpleasant is fine as long as the app is fairly recent and has no way of communicating to any other apps or have any internet access.
You update twice a year?? Enjoy your security vulnerabilities i guess.
I dont really use critical apps on my phone and on some important apps, i cant use them until I update them. So theres not a big risk or danger for not updating them. still there are some apps i update often but for the big all, twice a year must be enough
I thought you meant like all apps, ha. My bad. Yea there are def apps that you’d wanna use old versions for.
there are everywhere and everytime excaptios
and yeah like instagram and whatsapp. every update makes the app worse. google assistant too
When I remember to
Every day. Almost everything is automatic, but I have a few manual things like my PC check for updates every day and I always install all of them after review.
I trust my crap to update itself. Is that wrong?
No.
Phew
it depends about which applications they are and how securitx affined you are. but as a normal user for most apps this is ok
I check and update them whenever I can. There is no reason not to.
more and more apps (primarily Google services, Social Media, …) get shitty updates
Don’t use them and switch to alternatives then!
That’s what I do too. Automatic updates for everything and if I don’t like the way something develops I look for alternatives. Those changes will most likely not be reverted anyway and I will certainly not keep using an older version of some software forever.
i already using many alternatives for myself. but for work and hobbies, i still need some of those google apps or social media platforms
I’m still on DOS.
I update everything automatically except for Google Messages. Nothing has RCS so I can’t kick this last bastion of google in my life yet. I set Google Messages to never update and uninstall all updates because if I dont it eventually can’t read Google own work profile and my work contacts won’t show an ID. I had to wipe the app data daily before I just said fuck it we won’t have updates. Fucken garbage app by a so called tech giant who can’t even work their own shit. Its been like this for at least 4 months.
Isn’t RCS just showing you when the other person have seen your texts or when they are typing?
Its a different protocol than SMS or MMS, its also so iPhone pictures dont look like shit
Android: I keep Graphene updated always. Apps maybe once a month.
Linux: I have my environment set up to alert me when new package versions are released, so I’m always up to date. Well, as up to date as stable repos and any manually added sources go.
Windows: I have a Win 10 rig solely for gaming. I stay updated on drivers and games, pretty much weekly.
You should update your phone appa every day for security reasons. At least the ones with internet connectivity.
On your computer, do the same for your system and for your web browser and other web-focused apps.
Android: no clue, F-Droid started updating my apps automatically after an OS update, which is nice. My phone isn’t rooted either. Linux: About once a week.
