John
For most automatic updates is not a problem. For a few that want total control over updating just run the update module under Update and Security and check for updates yourself.
For me its really about knowing when an update is going to happen. I am not in any way opposed to updates. I'm not sure what others have as an objection to them. It has often been said here to apply updates for solving issues encountered from time to time.
Also I am moving this thread to the Software forum.
Not sure if you read the original post, but this is about Windows 10, and mandatory updates occurring on Microsoft's schedule. If the updates really are going to be mandatory, as has been suggested, they almost certainly will disallow your idea of checking for updates at your own pace.
Everybody wants the "good" updates. It's a matter of finding out which ones are going to turn out to be helpful and not disrupt your work. One way to do that is to take an update only after it's been out for a while and proven itself. If Sonar updated itself automatically, a lot of users would have been derailed several times already this year, and Cakewalk is a company that cares about its customers. I don't have the same faith in Microsoft, so to me the concept of mandatory forced "updates" is disconcerting (not that there will be a lot of options in dealing with Microsoft).