I think it is the frequency and method by which steam updates that is the annoying part.
Google Chrome can do silent updates, which install themselves after you reopen the application. Why can't steam do this for all their non-security updates?
Are you guys on the beta client? It updates all the time. I didn't feel they were that often when I was on the mainline. IIRC both let you ignore the update, which solves keeps it from being annoying to me.
I find it funny that half of this subthread is complaining that the client isn't updated, and the other half is complaining that it's updated too much.
Google Chrome can do silent updates, which install themselves after you reopen the application. Why can't steam do this for all their non-security updates?