You wouldn’t see an update because it’s the same version number. Even if you have the original version, not the updated one, you wont get an update prompt because the version number hasn’t changed, meaning that there are 2 groups of sites with 1.9.8 in existence: those with the original version, and those with the hotfixed version. This is the problem I’m explaining. Want firm evidence of Bricks releasing new versions with the same version number? Here you go:
Again, this is something that isn’t a once-off, hence the thread asking for them to stop doing it.
Facebook post re silent update:
100% believable based on the fact that they have done this before, as evidenced above. Not sure what more you want. I’m simply asking for them not to do it under any circumstance.