Ugh. I'm all for calling out Dropbox (or anyone else) when they actually do something wrong, but this is getting ridiculous.
Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
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Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#12I wonder why the option to disable automatic updates was omitted?
(Assuming this is true....) Because if they're stuck supporting old versions of Dropbox, they're miserable (having to support dozens of versions) and you're miserable (things start to break). I understand why people would be worried about Dropbox auto-downloading software, but honestly... if you're the kind of person worried about the security around Dropbox auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does, yo…
I'd still prefer to be prompted to update.
I know my phone is a security mess. But I want my desktop not to be.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#13This doesn't seem any worse than Chrome continually updating itself.
Or Office, Creative Suite or dozens of other major applications.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#14When did they post this? Is it old? It mentions OS 10.7, so I'd guess it's been in place for a few years now.
I had a popup telling me about this yesterday, so I assume it is new.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#15When did they post this? Is it old? It mentions OS 10.7, so I'd guess it's been in place for a few years now.
Seems to be new, Dropbox on my Mac displayed an alert notification about it in the app today.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#16This doesn't seem any worse than Chrome continually updating itself.
Both of them doing that in mandatory fashion is unacceptable.
I might be OK with running this bit of their code on my computer, but it's not an open bar for dropping anything executable onto my machine at will.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
(Assuming this is true....) Because if they're stuck supporting old versions of Dropbox, they're miserable (having to support dozens of versions) and you're miserable (things start to break). I understand why people would be worried about Dropbox auto-downloading software, but honestly... if you're the kind of person worried about the security around Dropbox auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does, yo…
I'd still prefer to be prompted to update. I know my phone is a security mess. But I want my desktop not to be.
That is funny to me because I assume my phone is much more secure (with strict sandboxing) compared to my desktop.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#18This is NOT about keeping everyone updated and reducing the pool of older clients. This can be done by simply denying service to outdated versions. It worked very well for AOL Messenger 20 years ago, no reason why it won't work just as well today.
This is strictly about being able to install anything on users' machines at will and having a formal consent to do that.
The fact that Chrome and others do that doesn't make it any less _unacceptable_. You are losing control over what exactly and when you allow to run on your machine.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#19I wonder why the option to disable automatic updates was omitted?
(Assuming this is true....) Because if they're stuck supporting old versions of Dropbox, they're miserable (having to support dozens of versions) and you're miserable (things start to break). I understand why people would be worried about Dropbox auto-downloading software, but honestly... if you're the kind of person worried about the security around Dropbox auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does, yo…
> auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does
I'm on the latest iOS (10.2.1), and it's optional - I have 23 apps ready for updates, but I can scan through the release notes before initiating the update.
Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background
#20I wonder how they did the auto-update that brought that feature to me... I have a pretty shitty internet connection here and i recognized the dropbox updater sucking up my bandwidth yesterday... I've not triggered any manual update...