No, I really don’t want your software update.

Having every piece of software I install constantly trying to update automatically has long been a pet peeve of mine. I neither need nor care about every minor update to Adobe Reader, WinZip or any of dozens of other apps I use. Did the PDF or Zip formats change drastically? No? Then why do I care about an update?

While I find this annoying, I can see how some people might find it useful. However, I recently encountered a similar issue which was totally baffling. I installed Daemon Tools to mount an ISO. It asked me if I wanted to set the Daemon Tools homepage as my default web browser’s home page.

Who in their right mind would actually want to do this? Do they actually think people love their product so much they want to visit their website every single time they go online?