"The kitchen of the future will only employ one man and one dog: the man’s job is to feed the dog, the dog’s job is to bite the man if he tries to touch anything”.
So your oven needs updates because it's connected to the internet. It needs internet so manufacrurers could sell your data to data brokers. Those data brokers need your data to sell it to advertisers. And advertisers need it to sell you personalized ads. Users need ads to convince themselves that they need cheap junk, like those wifi-equipped microwave ovens. And those ovens need updates because... Such is the cycle of misery that's called "advertising industry".