I actually like it
I’m actually encouraged to update often because if I don’t, the updates keep accumulating and I end up with 200+ apps and dependencies that require such updates. Not that I’m affected or anything, I don’t even need to re-start my machine, and pacman works in the background. So, It’s been a positive experience over all. So yay! Updates!
Winbloats was arguably the first one of this list to get enshitiffied. I remember being a 12 yo trying to find an alternative to winbugs because the microsoft account login was required. It’s got worse since then