Sure, I'm aware of those reasons (and can think of many more). As a user/customer, I don't care about any of those details. I still want to know what's changing when I click "Update".
If users have automatic/background updates, sure, they apparently don't care about release notes. For everyone else, the release notes are really the only way to know what changes are going to happen upon clicking "Update". Having those notes be [effectively] blank is a substantial disservice to the user.
It's depressingly frequent that an app I used to enjoy takes a major dive in user experience. For a contrived example, I don't like finding out I am now suddenly blocked from using my messaging app because they force me to use a new cloud-based account system I can't opt out of, and none of this was mentioned before I clicked Update. Or another favorite: an update that does nothing more than introduce in-app advertisements.
If users have automatic/background updates, sure, they apparently don't care about release notes. For everyone else, the release notes are really the only way to know what changes are going to happen upon clicking "Update". Having those notes be [effectively] blank is a substantial disservice to the user.
It's depressingly frequent that an app I used to enjoy takes a major dive in user experience. For a contrived example, I don't like finding out I am now suddenly blocked from using my messaging app because they force me to use a new cloud-based account system I can't opt out of, and none of this was mentioned before I clicked Update. Or another favorite: an update that does nothing more than introduce in-app advertisements.