I am a moderator on this forum so let me try help you with some basic how to forum posting, as you clearly have problems with it. Please try to use space on your keyboard from time to time when you type/write. It get's extremely hard to read and fully comprehend for the majority of members and guests, what you mean or try to say.
Thanks for the clarification, I'll keep that in mind.
All Software should always be as up to date as possible and extra so Security Software. It's Basic ABC common knowledge in the field of software development and how the genuine professionals learn it and even a majority of all other home developers. Recommend the opposite, just because it's a personal and private view, and " runs " well or do not show any specific issues/problem on a system, is for sure reckless and if some of the major security software developers on this forum would do the same, they will hear about it the hard way from their users. Pumping/posting out updates is too common on this forum alone.
I do not urge you to refuse software updates. On the contrary, I even note that updates are critical and necessary. Simply, I note that there are programs that may not receive updates for a long time, but this is not something critical, since it does not affect their existing functionality, and new updates only deepen, expand this functionality.
However, I have already stated my idea in sufficient detail, and I will not repeat it again. Someone can agree with me, someone disagree. I do not impose my opinion on anyone, let everyone think for himself.
Initially, my questions were very different. Namely,
1) can a personal home license cost almost as much as a business license? (the difference in 25% of the cost is not significant).
2) сould additional security software cost more than basic Internet security software?
3) what is the likelihood that the average home user will encounter a zero-day exploit or a new virus that uses a clever method to inject into the operating system?
For myself, I found answers to the questions so that a home use license CANNOT be as expensive as a business use license, but it should be significantly lower, not by 20-25%, but significantly lower, at times. This can be seen on the example of any antivirus vendor, when licenses for home use are 2-3 times cheaper than for business use.
Moreover, a license for a program that positions itself as a program for additional protection CANNOT cost more than a license for a program for the main protection of the system (Internet security antivirus).
Finally, a home user may not need additional protection as such, or use a free version of the additional protection program, even if it is an outdated version of this program, if updates are not critical for it (it regularly performs its functionality, does not cause failures, it no known vulnerabilities). This is because the home user is not exposed to the serious threats that such an additional protection program protects against, unlike a corporate user, whose work computer is likely to be exposed to just such cunning attacks from which the additional security program will protect.
OSArmor is very well-known on this forum what is, and what it's not. It is, a Security Software.
I understand that very well. But OSArmor protects against specific types of attacks that the average home user is unlikely to ever face at all. I am sure that many people here have this program installed, someone purchased a license to support the developer. This is commendable and good. But I'm wondering at least someone has this program at least once protected from a threat in real use? Not a false positive, not a test, but a real response to a real threat in real time. It was so? For more than two years of using the free version (when it was relevant) I have never had this, although I visited many hundreds of sites, inserted flash drives, etc.
Let me emphasize that you should not conclude from this that the program is not needed or protects poorly, on the contrary, the program is of high quality and protects well, but an ordinary home user is unlikely to face the types of threats from which it protects. Therefore, even for a home user, the latest free version is enough, but if he wants to support the developer, he can also purchase the latest current version. I would have bought it myself if the pricing policy was different
But the right to determine the pricing policy belongs exclusively to the software developer, we can only express our wishes and suggestions
Again, telling users they can always uninstall a software after it gone sideways, is and always will be a real sad and poor comfort, and extra so for those users that gets hit by an infection because they used an outdated version.
I emphasize once again that I am not at all opposed to updates as such. However, I categorize them as important and critical, as well as simply recommended, but not required.
This is just my personal opinion. Everyone ensures their own computer security, and decides what is important to him and what is not.
I'll tell you a story from my personal experience. Not so long ago, an elderly woman asked me to help with a problem - the browser began to work slowly. When I looked at the protection of the system (Windows 10 version 1809), I saw that in fact it had no protection at all. No protection. The laptop was equipped with an expired McAfee Internet Security antivirus, the databases and modules of which were last updated 5 years ago. Internet security antivirus has not actually worked for the last 5 years! And since it was installed, the built-in Windows Defender did not work either. Even the built-in Windows firewall did not work, as it was hindered by the antivirus firewall disabled due to an expired license. In fact, there was no working antivirus, no working firewall, nothing at all, for the last 5 years. However, when I scanned my computer with several antivirus scanners, it turned out to be completely clean, no malware. And the browser was slow due to the fact that it has not been cleaned for the last 5 years. There was only one history of sites with 7,000 entries and a cache for a large number of gigabytes. With such a state of security, this system would have to be so infected that it would not boot at all
But, on the contrary, it is completely clean. This is how it happens