Maybe there should be a setting for automatic upgrades or not. Someone like myself, I know how to maintain my site and I'll upgrade for versions which I feel it's appropriate.

Not every single upgrade is required to use a plugin. What if it's just a translation addition? I really don't need it, it's already in English (usually.) Or something minor, and I just don't want to upgrade.

There should *always* be a way to make it optional and manual, never, ever, forced automatic upgrades.