But at the bottom of the article it mentions that Adobe are experimenting with doing it. Argh!
Flash yes, I can see it. But Reader? I don't want it to update on the rare occasions I open a pdf.
Actually the only reason I oppose Adobe doing it is because I think of them as having some pretty awful programming teams. And whoever writes their updaters is one of those bloody awful teams.
Certain parts of their products are very buggy compared to Google, MS or games programmers. They just do not have quality across their brand.
My constant nightmares with adobe updaters across a wide variety of machines has made me believe this.
When it comes to updaters Adobe have always chosen the worst paths, annoying prompts when you hadn't used readers for weeks, horrible confusing UIs and obviously not thoroughly tested.
They're just not up to the task.
I guess what I'm saying is this trend should be welcomed, but with a pinch of salt, some companies like Google and MS I trust to do it. Others I would not (Adobe if you hadn't guessed ;).