[scrollaway]

There are other important downsides to static linking. Namely, critical security updates to shared components. It's better to have to update your tls library once per system, than to update every app that came with it. And that's the best case scenario where the developer notices and the app is actually repackaged.

[marssaxman]

Yes, that's the argument I was referring to, and as I said in the comment you're replying to, I don't believe that the cost is worth the benefit.