Why I don't update software:
- 1% apathy
- 1% i want it to keep working
- 98% i don't want to have to fucking reinstall the same fucking nvidia drivers again FOR SOME REASON
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2026
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Why I do update software:
- Don't want to get hacked
What if I told you with each Windows update, Microslop hacks you a bit more
What if I told you Linux btw
I'd say you're right
It's a gamble though unless you only do security updates. New features might bring new security issues.
If your system is secure, updating it can only make it insecure. If that is your one and only priority, you have to review updates before applying them, and since you have thoroughly investigated your entire stack up to this update and that version also has your real-world testing behind it, you're probably not going to apply most updates until some other priority comes along or you discover a previously unknown vulnerability.
If your system is secure, updating it can only make it insecure.
This "logic" overlooks a number of issues.
Firstly, no system is "secure", only more so or less so given a specific threat model.
Secondly, a system can become less secure without any changes, as exploits are discovered.
If your system is secure, updating it can only make it insecure
The Internet has been an adversarial environment since at least 1988
Thanks to recent AI advances, new security vulnerabilities are being found at a crazy pace in all layers of the stack, from firmware to GUI.
Kinda weird graphic. If year one is 2016, shouldnt year ten be 2025? Because the legend says its 2026.
I mean, yes, if you can guarantee that all your software stack in 100% secure. In reality this is unfeasible on even mathematically impossible to do formally (reducible to the halting problem). So while bugs keep being found in things like the Linux kernel (naturally, nothing is immune to oversight), and they're always going to be, keep your software up to date.
i recently found out that i was running 5 year old graphics drivers, and the reason i found out was that a newish (less than 5 yo) game kept crashing a few minutes after startup, with no exception. turns out updating your drivers does sometimes matter
Graphics drivers are strange, unlike all other drivers where the driver is written and then the software can use the interface, with graphics drivers the drivers get changed after the software is released to make it work better or at all.
Imagine making sofware that is broken and then just waiting for the drivers to fix it.
- Enshittification
interesting how the post doesn't mention windows but the replies just assume, i guess that is Lemmy reflex, i have the experience mentioned on the meme with all sorts of software
Currently using CachyOS with KDE, that small ass update icon with a red ! have the same effect on me
That was my exact thinking too; I update because it's red and not green. That, and pacman goes waka waka waka.
Because Windows software often include self-updaters because Windows doesn't update your software all at once for you
Similar reaction to memes about modern software being slow and bloated where linux users in the comments have a smug circlejerk about using linux like it magically changes how the same damn programs and webpages run. I find that very cringe and I say that as a NixOS btw user myself.
Not everyone uses Windows
3 years have passed....
"I should probably apt-get update..."
Me forgetting to update archlinux until i try to install something new and realize no mirrors carry that outdated version
Funny. arch is the reason I started updating every morning when I first sit down
This makes me tremble. I cannot imagine starting every day with breaking some obscure tool, pipeline, or tool chain just for the hell of it
Some people say they like a cold shower, but nothing wakes me up in the morning like a nice cold glass of fluorine.
That’s roughly my proportion for iOS updates.
You were talking about Macs, right? /s
I did this on my phone recently. Big mistake.
Fuck oneplus. Never buy this trash.
Get LineageOS. It's fabulous for oneplus phones
I had to toss my OnePlus 9 because of this. The cell radio stopped working and the only way to revert the upgrade was to factory reset. My phone is used for two-factor authentication for work, so I can't be having downtime because I'm busy doing QA for your shitty phone.
Did they do it AGAIN? Or did you just now get the Oneplus OxygenOS to OPPO ColorOS shift which made their phones horrible a few years ago?
I'm still scared every time I have to update something, so I try to avoid updates if possible.
Most of the time when I had to update Windows or some software, something would break (and no previous bug would be fixed) and I would have to spend a whole day trying to fix the stupid issue.
TBH, I don't even remember if an update ever fixed something for me (but it probably happened at least once).
What reminder?
Windows 10 extended support on my main PC: if I have nothing better to do in the moment, I'll update before Windows picks the most inconvenient time to do it for me.
Windows 11: I almost never wake this laptop. When I do, it's always downloading and installing updates, running hot and at full tilt. Miserable POS.
TrueNAS: there's an update?
Home Assistant: maybe once every month or every other month, but only after perusing the change logs and checking against the breaking changes list.
Android: leave the update notification in the tray until I get home on my Wi-Fi, forget about it until I see it again the next day when I'm away from Wi-Fi again, rinse and repeat.
Edit:
Firefox desktop: when Firefox starts refusing to load web pages
Honestly, of all the things I have to update, I find Firefox the most painful, firstly because of the suspension of functional browsing if I ignore it long enough (there's enough apps out there that update cleanly at launch that I feel like that should be the norm instead of forcing an end to a session), and secondly because updates have wiped my tabs on two occasions. I successfully recovered my tabs from a backed-up session file once, but completely lost them on the other occasion.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-manager/
boss has this on her pc. put it on after she did accidentally "lose" all her tabs once (she keeps many open and restores session on re-launch). she hasn't since. and it's been years.
This has mostly affected me on my work PC. I just tried installing it to find out IT blocks adding new extensions now. :(
I'll just have to be extra careful not to reflexively close Firefox if my tabs don't show up, and make sure to make a backup of the old session file before restarting.
There should he a setting that warn you about the tabs before ya close
MX Linux here, daily I have a apt full-upgrade running
I don't usually update Android / Apps until something breaks. Too many 'updates' take features away.
blue is mislabeled for windows users. it should read:
"because i don't want more bugs"
Because something broke.
"Your smart toaster had an update available!"