&gt;&quot;Remember when software didn&#x27;t need updates almost every day? It seems like we&#x27;ve regressed in terms of quality and the general principle of doing it right the first time&quot;<p>Keep in mind that the new environments for any pc now is interconnected, as such a mechanism to deliver fixes quickly is actually more a solution than a problem.<p>For reference, take a non patched xp, connect to the internet and search for &quot;how to get thin while eating&quot; and your system will automatically install a antivirus for you ;)<p>&gt;&quot;I prefer stability over &quot;new features&quot;, turn off automatic updates, and read changelists carefully. Anything which doesn&#x27;t have a good description and rationale of why it needs to be changed, and how that is relevant to my usage of the software, doesn&#x27;t get changed.&quot;<p>for that you need to become an expert on anything become patched or updated.
second, it may be more about how someone else would use your system than you... as in an exploit.