> Think about the consternation caused by the introduction of the ribbon bar in MS Office (not an auto-update per se, but as good as that for many people for whom upgrades were mandated).
I mean, if that's what we're talking about, you're literally arguing against any change ever.
> Auto updates that add new features in a sympathetic way,
I'm not sure what you mean by sympathetic, but most updates are made because the company thinks it will make the product better, or increase the company's bottom line. Rarely are they deploying a change to actively make something worse.
> I mean, if that's what we're talking about, you're literally arguing against any change ever.
I'm arguing against change for its own sake.
(edit: to be clear, the point about the Office ribbon was a counter to your claim that 'consumers in general massively prefer [auto updates]' when those updates make significant UI changes)
>...most updates are made because the company thinks it will make the product better, or increase the company's bottom line
...and you can't see how those two goals can be misaligned? Stuffing the HN front page with ads would increase YCombinator's bottom line but it certainly would not make HN better for the user.
I mean, if that's what we're talking about, you're literally arguing against any change ever.
> Auto updates that add new features in a sympathetic way,
I'm not sure what you mean by sympathetic, but most updates are made because the company thinks it will make the product better, or increase the company's bottom line. Rarely are they deploying a change to actively make something worse.