I opened Launchbox earlier. "Installing Launchbox," it said, before taking ten minutes to update itself, refresh its database and actually start.
I opened Spotify earlier. "Installing Spotify," it said, before disappearing from the screen for several minutes and then starting as if nothing had happened.
I started up my PS4 to download Samurai Warriors 5 earlier. "Installing system update," it said, deciding to spend ten minutes installing that before actually downloading the thing I'd asked it to download.
I turned my phone on earlier. "Software update ready to install," it said. "Do it later," I said. Then it did it anyway while I was in the middle of transferring files from it.
This is really bloody tiresome. And yes, I know you can turn automatic updates off. But in quite a few cases, doing so prevents you from actually using a piece of software until you turn them back on again — and in some cases, turning automatic updates off just means that it repeatedly bugs you to download an "optional" available update until you do so.
The Internet is many things, but one of the things I detest about it the most is this never-ending torrent of updates we have to endure in our daily lives. Nothing ever seems to be in prime condition any more; in the case of applications like Spotify and Launchbox, it feels like there are updates every other day sometimes. And when I just want to listen to some music or browse some completely legitimate ROM collections that I have ripped myself from my own games, yessirree, I can't be arsed with having to go through a whole install process every single bloody time.
First world problems, I know. But come on. It's annoying.
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