eli5: Why do we need to constantly do software updates? What happens if I dont?
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Software is never perfect, and we’re always finding things where it can be safer, faster, or otherwise better. There are a lot of pieces of software at play when you’re doing any given thing on your computer, each with their own problems, bugs, and security issues. It’s all made by people and it’s basically impossible to create perfect code, even after several iterations.
By skipping updates, at best you miss out on tiny iterations or features, at worst you miss major security fixes that a bad actor might use to attack your computer.
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