What's hard to understand about the fact that "radio silence" is a desirable trait in war (and that in certain circumstances only) -- not in desktop software, and even less so in one whose PRIMARY PURPOSE is connecting to thousands of addresses everyday?
And that, being up-to-date with the latest security patches, including for users who would otherwise wouldn't bother to install is better for everyone involved?
>Going incognito doesn’t hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider, or the websites you visit.
Having to assume that I am always at risk of being attacked is known as being placed under "siege mentality" and yes, it is a symptom of war. [1]
You just enjoy your browsing being automagically always update with the latest available patches...
Comparing the situation to "siege-mentality" etc is taking a far-reached association so far that it's not even on the solar system anymore...
It's not an absurd expectation that a system only does exactly what it's told to do, and only when told to do so.
Don't paint that premise as if it were some ridiculous pie-in-the-sky unattainable cadillac of desires.
Now, you listen: most simple (non techie) users don't know what they need to "tell browsers to do" in the first place, aside from loading webpages.
We had what you propose and people were stuck with 10 year old IE6 versions, tons of viruses from old exploits and plugins, etc.
Now we expect modern browsers to be evergreen and to keep themselves secure. That's part of what browser developers are implicitly "told to do" -- and people jump to those browsers (e.g. Firefox when it pioneered that evergreen thing and then Chrome).