@DaveHiggins Honestly, it's quite possible that I do because I want security updates without question. Somehow it escaped my mental space that "rearchitecting the entire browser" would classify as an "update" until now. I figured I'd have to go download Quantum, which I'd do once NoScript was available.
@literorrery There is an intermediate setting for 'notify me of updates but allow me to choose whether to install'; so that might meet your needs. Admittedly less so in this circumstance where you're buried beneath update messages.
I empathise though: the latest driver for my laptop graphics card isn't fully compatible with my system, so I have a choice between automated updates and the screen flipping out periodically or manually checking for security updates frequently.
@DaveHiggins Also, the OS, Firefox, Java, and Lenovo's bios all updated in the span of half an hour when I cracked open my laptop this morning, so some of my angst right now is admittedly me feeling like everybody has stuck their fingers through the internet and _touched_ things at the moment.