How many times have I seen an installer only download the parts it needs vs just reinstall the next version right over top of the existing version? I know stuff like xplane seems to do a comparison of file signatures and only downloads the changed parts for the updates between whatever version I have and whatever version is current now, but I'd imagine a lot of installers these days just take advantage of the fact the user has a super fast connection and they don't have to care about shipping the entire new installer just to run an update. Not to mention whatever amounts of shovelware come with a few megabyte print driver for a modern printer/scanner/copier. Let's just include a copy of McAfee endpoint protection in this java update in case the user opts into selecting that as an option during install? etc. -Paul On 6/6/22 14:24, Chris Adams wrote:
Once upon a time, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> said:
I meant downloads as in gigantic games. If you give them more bandwidth it just encourages the game makes to build bigger game downloads. I don't buy that - users are still constrained on storage, especially on consoles.