

In most respects it’s a good thing as this now forces Windows to update no matter what – which is great for handling users who don’t care for running updates or aren’t computer literate enough to know how – or are simply just too busy to remember.

Since Windows 10, that control has been taken away from the user. Sure, you could allow Windows to auto apply updates when they became available, but you could also choose if or when to install each individual patch manually as you decided, or you could simply turn off automatic updates and not run the update check. However, up until Windows 10, online update installation was always somewhat controllable by the end user. When patching Windows via the internet became more popular it certainly sped up the frequency in which Microsoft could react to vulnerabilities and fix or add features.
