I've always despised it. I demand control over the timing of updates, and I allow only very few exceptions in any of what I consider my critical infrastructure

I've always despised it. I demand control over the timing of updates, and I allow only very few exceptions in any of what I consider my critical infrastructure. It means I pass on buying or using a lot of modern hardware / software. It also means my PC won't fail the night before a big delivery deadline for a multimillion dollar project for a client (and yes, I also keep duplicate spare hardware and backups to mitigate against regular failure).