[binkHN]

> If "automatic updates" were optional and off-by-default then users would not be vulnerable to something like SimpleMobileTools

The problem is the vast majority of users want this on by default; they don't want to be bothered with looking at every update and deciding if they should update or not.

[CodeMage]

The vast majority of users want their apps to work. They don't care whether that happens through automatic updates or not.

It's the developers who don't want the headache of not having automatic updates.