I did it. It’s great, I surprisingly like Linux more than both macOS and Windows. That wasn’t the case the last time I tried it.

Still, I don’t think this issue in particular is a big deal in the grand scheme of things. If you’re using Windows 11 and connected to the internet there’s really not much of a good reason to not want the latest updates in my mind, especially as the OS really has matured nicely overall in my opinion through those updates. The early days were rough.

It would just be nice if Microsoft did a better job separating feature updates from required security updates and being consistent about policy overall.

The way Apple does it seems ideal. They have a yearly release and you are never forced to update. The previous two versions continue to get critical security patches. Their hardware loses OS support at a predictable rate.

If you never update you’re really on your own.

Apple has on rare occasions pushed ultra critical mandatory updates IIRC, like the one to resolve that Catalina root bug. But that’s rare, and it’s not a major release.

Even more critically, Apple doesn’t continually change their mind and reorganize how it works like Microsoft seems to do. Microsoft decided to do biannual releases then figured out that they can’t go that fast but still call every release “H2” but then these are separate from security patches but now we are forced to update anyway.

Just decide on something that everyone is okay with and stick to it.