In reply to Alec Kinnear.

The auto update stuff has been discussed ad nauseam since it was added in WordPress 3.7. While WordPress had a bad April and May with regards to all the updates, by in large they work well for a lot of people/sites. Here's something written back in March where I argue it's time to auto update everything lol https://wptavern.com/its-time-for-wordpress-to-automatically-update-themes-plugins-and-core-by-default it won't happen, not yet, but it will eventually.