Why does checking for software updates often take so long?
By nick_ · 2026-10-13 · 5 points · 1 comments
It seems like a lot of the desktop software I use (including the OS) takes on the order of 10 seconds to check if an update is available. What is happening that takes longer than network round-trip plus (a generous) 10ms to check for a higher version number?
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