Why can't Flash Player auto-update?

Even in 1998, applications had the capability to auto-update. Why do I have to download a new install file for almost every Flash Player update? It even has the option to allow auto-updates yet here I am downloading another install file for the 37th time! If flash wasn't so embedded in all of the internet, I would abandon it and uninstall it altogether. I hope that someone comes along with a better solution so I don't have to use FP anymore. Get with the times, Adobe!

Flash Player HAS auto update available
The updates are not simply "patches" anymore. That sort of thing went the way of FAT16, several years ago.
You shouldn't have to update every day. If you are, something is wrong.

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    I'm running OS X 10.9.5. "NPAPI Plug-in version 15.0.0.152 is installed." I'm being told an update to Flash Player is available. Allow Adobe to install updates is enabled, yet the updates are never installed automatically. What must I do to have Auto Update work?

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    You shouldn't have to update every day. If you are, something is wrong.

  • What is the Flash Player auto-update behaviour for users without admin credentials on OSX and Windows?

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    Maria
    So there's no way to completely turn off user notification AND allow background updates unless you use a locally hosted update server?  That's too bad.
    Reading page 26 of the manual, I see there's an mms.cfg file that you can configure, with an option SilentAutoUpdateEnable, which is described on page 32:
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  • Adobe is not maintaining Flash Player auto-update

    Flash Player auto-update is broken. The URL that is checked by the auto-update agent has not been maintained properly by Adobe:
    https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/update/current/sau/11/xml/version.xml
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         <ActiveX major="11" minor="4" buildMajor="402" buildMinor="287"/>
         <Plugin major="11" minor="4" buildMajor="402" buildMinor="287"/>
         <MacPlugin major="11" minor="4" buildMajor="402" buildMinor="287"/>
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    http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
    As a result, client machines relying on the auto-update process are not being patched. The client machines themselves appear to be checking properly - they have internet access and fpsaud appears to be working properly.
    There's really no point to having the auto-update facility if you're not going to maintain it. You might as well just pull it out of the product.

    This is as designed.  The silent auto update mechanism is not updated until 30 days after a major release.  However, the older style UI notifications are sent out within 7 days (and a system restart).  Hopefully the FAQ below explains how this works.
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    http://blogs.adobe.com/spohl/2012/04/24/it-admin-deploying-flash-player-via-background-upd ater/

  • Flash player auto update failure

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  • Flash Player Auto-update problems

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    Hi,
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  • Flash Player auto update dialog

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    That said, the argument that the majority (or even a significant minority) of users wouldn't want to receive the most updated versions of the apps they have on their phones seems a bit thin.  Updates are just that: "up to date" versions of their software.  The onus is on the developers to release functioning and improved updates; that's an obligation Apple should reinforce if they desire a robust and diverse ecology of apps to augment the utility and value of their phones. 
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