[alvil]

Do fake update at semi-random time. Visualize it, eg. show them a dialog with progress bar and percentage.

[petre]

Thus wasting other people's time and productivity?

I'm using the Atom editor. It's kind of annoying how it pushes new updates every week. Previously used Subline Text 2 which just worked and did not have an update for years.

[sicher]

Sublime is a great example of users getting update fever. The forum is riddled with long ”is this software dead?” threads that pop up at regular intervals.

[empath75]

Eventually it will be, if they stop updating it. Atom and visual studio code are overtaking it.