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by phendrenad2 1423 days ago
Yes, it seems many adware apps do this. Do a small pointless update, show a splash screen listing the "changes", and cram an ad in there too (which is the real purpose of the popup). (Firefox is kinda the same, in that every time it updates, it shows you a new tab reminding you that you should pay them money for that pocket service...)