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In software this process is a lot of times automatized and known as [autoupdates](autoupdate.md), but update culture encompasses more than this, it's the whole mentality of having to constantly update one's software, hardware and other products. It is similar to [consumerism](consumerism.md) but more about constant modifications masked as "cool updates" rather than replacement of physical products.
A typical example are [web browsers](browser.md) or proprietary [operating systems](operating_system.md).
A typical example are [web browsers](browser.md) or proprietary [operating systems](operating_system.md) that strive for [bloat monopoly](bloat_monopoly.md).
The updates are usually justified by "muh [security](security.md)" and "muh [modern](modern.md) [features](feature.md)". Users who want to avoid these updates or simply can't install them, e.g. due to using old incompatible hardware or missing dependency packages, are ridiculed as *poorfags*, idiots and their suffering is ignored. In fact, update culture is [cancer](cancer.md) because: