[josteink]

This was already addressed in msie10 or maybe possibly earlier. Auto updates are enabled by default.

[superuser2]

... and every IT department is forced to deploy a Group Policy which disables them.

[sliverstorm]

But they do the same for other browsers, so really it just puts everything on the level.

[ygra]

I think they meant feature updates, not security updates. And those come not very frequently, but agreed, even then, they are automatic (unless some moron disabled Windows Update).

[josteink]

That was what I meant. IE now auto updates to the latest version. That means new features.

[ygra]

But you won't get shiny new features every six weeks, which I feel is what most of these comments are aiming at.