Originally Posted by
cblaisd
I'm astonished that anyone lets iOS (or Windows for that matter) auto-update the OS without carefully checking the updates first.
Auto-update is becoming more and more the default setting. Usually left unchanged until one is burned.
"At work" enterprises push changes automatically to all. The blind update methodology has become ingrained.
Some software publishers push out versions as soon as a new iOS or Android OS comes out and add] support for the new OS. Others also remove support for the older ones at the same time. More pressure to change to the newer OS, which is not always an upgrade.
In Windows besides windows update settings, you need to dig around in the Task Scheduler to remove/disable vendor-installed update cron jobs created when you first install the software. For some, you need to stay on it, as the 'update' might restart the update task. It's whack-a-mole.