[webmobdev]

Though I am not a lay person and a "power user", I can relate to the second example - I was very furious when Firefox enabled update and installation by default and Apple forced ios updates on its users. And while me may mock this kind of outrage, there is some truth today that Google, Apple, Microsoft etc. are all taking control away from us and "stalking" us online and offline, and have been doing so for a while now.

[ViViDboarder]

To be fair, they are damned if they do and dammed if they don’t. Don’t include auto updates, you’re in the news and people are upset that they have been hacked or catching viruses.

For the average user, auto updates are a blessing.

Nearly every system I’ve used does still give you control by allowing you to opt out.

[smoldesu]

You can livepatch your OS without auto-deploying the next major version of iOS. That's what, I dunno, security focused OSes do when a critical vulnerability is discovered.

[ViViDboarder]

I didn’t think they did major version auto updates while security patches are offered for the current version. I could be wrong.

[webmobdev]

In the beginning ios didn't - they even connected to the wifi automatically, to download the huge updates. I think Windows also has announced forced updates. That extent of forced updates is just abusive.