# Microsoft Office endless updates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-endless-updates/1028956 "2026-04-02T06:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-endless-updates/1028956/14 "2026-04-03T12:40:12Z")
Previous thread about app updates being really frequent: > [@Do apps really need to update so often? I call BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-apps-really-need-to-update-so-often-i-call-bs/996980): > > After installing an IOS update, I discovered that Apple took the liberty of changing my settings to allow apps to update automatically. Not only did this cause a couple of apps to become useless to me because of changes I don’t like, it’s shown me something else: I have downloaded 23 apps on my iPad. Today, three days after I stopped the device from automatically updating apps, 14 of them supposedly need to be updated again. This is getting out of hand. I realize that users don’t see behind th… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-endless-updates/1028956)._