I got out of the subscription software pool a number of years ago, for the reasons that this article is presenting.

I also disable (or block, if I can't disable) automatic updates because I realized that I couldn't stand having the software I use change underneath me without warning. Especially when that change involves features being removed or the update breaking things.

I'll only update after I am pretty sure the update won't give me grief.

I miss the days when updates were things I looked forward to rather than dreading them as I do now.