Right. And actually this small detail is emblematic of the whole problem. When you roll out an auto-updates mechanism you're saying to the people who enable it

Right. And actually this small detail is emblematic of the whole problem. When you roll out an auto-updates mechanism you're saying to the people who enable it "you can trust us to do the right thing with your project while you are elsewhere -- this is a risk but it's one we manage for your benefit". If you roll out a change for purely political/commercial reasons that are ultimately not your end user's concern -- we're not a party to that lawsuit -- then you're undermining the trust in that mechanism entirely. It was a stupid, arrogant, underhanded thing to do.