> People used desktop apps perfectly fine before the always-on phone-home era of nearly universal broadband.
Yes, and people used cars perfectly well before seatbelts. Except the people that died.
If your application is internet connected then you need a good update story so that (if nothing else) you can push out security updates. This is true of everything from embedded firmware to desktop apps.
Let me continue your mangled analogy of the connected car and ask: should a braking profile be auto updated while the car is hurtling down the road in traffic at 60 miles per hour in a torrential downpour? Should the cloud make that determination or the operator?
Yes, and people used cars perfectly well before seatbelts. Except the people that died.
If your application is internet connected then you need a good update story so that (if nothing else) you can push out security updates. This is true of everything from embedded firmware to desktop apps.