I'm not quite getting the point of this article. Freedom? Seems kind of like the 'rebel without a cause' type to me. Why would I want the automatic updates from WordPress when WP Engine does the same, only in a safer manner? And, worst case, if they delay and I get hacked, they fix it... for FREE! I get why this will be good for non-managed folks, and I'll welcome it on my non-WP Engine sites. The author seems to miss the whole point of 'managed.' Given this, the title seems more like link-bait. WP Engine will not support... well, Duh! and Hooray!

Also, it is quite obvious (by now, maybe not when the article was written) why they didn't quickly apply 3.7 or 3.7.1... there were a number of issues which kept me from initially updating my non-WP Engine sites as well. Typically, I think they do push them out pretty quickly (I've only been on WP Engine since like July... but the one update at that point, they pushed out right away as far as I remember... I saw their 'updated' email before I realized it was released).