I find it appalling that WP now UPDATES ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY and doesn't offer a "Do you want auto-updates turned on or off?" pop-up or something when you first install wordpress!

Lacking that, it should be DISABLED by default, not the other way around!

I want to start a petition about this and strongly suggest WP to change it to what we the CLIENTS WANT, not what WP has decided for us!

Remember, WordPress:
This is the kind of behavior of big companies (Google, Microsoft to name two) that we the people DESPISE. So okay, for NOW you are the Big Dog and can get away with dictating to us (much like AT&T of old - remember the Lily Tomlin bit on Saturday Night Live: "We don't care. We're the phone company. We don't have to!" - and we all know what happened to "the phone company"!), but eventually some other platform will come along - maybe one that listens to the desires of their clients - and WordPress will go the way of AT&T, MySpace, etc. YOU ARE NEVER TOO BIG TO FAIL DUE TO NOT GIVING YOUR CLIENTS WHAT THEY WANT!