posted by steve | Category: Random Rants |

While viewing a PDF, I was alerted that the Adobe Acrobat Reader software that I was using had an available update. I’m not really sure what the update does or why I would care, that wasn’t detailed, only that I should update using their update wizard.

Gone are the days when upgrades only occurred because of new features. We’re now forced to upgrade and update simply in order for the software to work properly. I can think of no other industry that works like this. Imagine the software in your car becoming obsolete and the only way to continue driving would be to buy an entirely new car. Nevermind that the car is otherwise running fine, no, you need to get a new car because we’re no longer supporting that model.

Back to Acrobat, I don’t want to keep updating it to the latest version because each version of the Acrobat reader gets more annoying and more bloated. I don’t need every piece of software running its own widget, taking up memory, bandwidth, and cpu cycles just to look for updates that I probably don’t want anyway. If you come out with a new feature that I find necessary in order to do work, I can update the software. Until then, go away.