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Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client

Posted by timothy on from the we-control-the-horizontal dept.

mijkal writes "Nevermind a huge outcry over the iTunes-like behemoth of Skype v5 for Mac. Users with v2.8 are being pushed an update to v5 regardless of update preferences. I even restored v2.8 from TimeMachine only to have it update itself again within minutes, offering only an option to relaunch the app."

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  1. Re:I have no sympathy. by bmo · · Score: 1, Troll

    You mean like the Windows monoculture?

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  2. Re:I have no sympathy. by JustNiz · · Score: 0, Troll

    no but Apple engineered and implemented the mechanism in their OS that allows software 'updates' to be forcibly pushed onto people that don't want it.

  3. Walled garden by drb226 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Newsflash: walled-garden app forces users to do things their walled-garden way. Film at 11.

  4. Microsoft buys something, immediate forced upgrade by unity100 · · Score: 0, Troll

    One wonders, why. Why does a takeover/merger need in immediate abrupt disruption of release cycle.

    unless you are pushing some questionable crap into customers. like govt. mandated backdoors, cutting in front of competitors, wiretapping or other crap ?

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