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?

  • Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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    21 days ago

    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.