This is one thing I hate about maintaining any software in the Apple ecosystem. I have to install all these crappy updates so that I can make sure they didn't break my apps.
My Macbook constantly suffers from window management issues, network related bugs, etc. Also i usually wait about a year or so before doing major macOS upgrades to prevent even more problems.
(of course I'm not implying Linux is issue-free... your mileage may vary.)
Everything else moved to flatpak, which solves the distribution issue.