[mobilemidget]

Or.. Why on earth you need to check for updates 288x per day. It sounds and seems more like 'usage monitoring' rather than being sure that all users have the most recent bug fixes installed. What's wrong with checking for updates upon start once (and cache per day). What critical bugs or fixes could have been issued that warrant 288 update checks.

[pcthrowaway]

A 250MB download should be opt-in in the first place

[hulitu]

> A 250MB download should be opt-in in the first place

I've read on HN that a lot of people have 10Gb Ethernet at home. /s

[partdavid]

It sounds right, and this is the kind of thing I'd expect if developers are baking configuration into their app distribution. Like, you'd want usage rules or tracking plugins to be timely, and they didn't figure out how to check and distribute configurations in that way without a new app build.

[hulitu]

> they didn't figure out how to check and distribute configurations in that way without a new app build.

Any effort to use their brain shall be drastically punished. /s

[f1shy]

What's wrong with checking for updates upon start once (and cache per day)

For me that would also be wrong, if I cannot disable it in the configuration. I do bot want to extend startup time.

[dontlikeyoueith]

Wait until you learn about non-blocking IO. And threads.

It's a whole new world out there.

[absolutelastone]

They probably just combined all phoning home information into one. Usage monitoring includes version used, which leads to automatic update when needed (or when bugged...).