The complaint is centered around Ubuntu 18.04 moving to Snaps-by-default and that users are losing control over when they update their applications. Yes, that is easily remedied by moving off of Ubuntu. But avoiding Systemd was also as easy as not using Fedora - for a very short time. Time will tell how popular Snaps becomes for the major distros.
"Automatic updates for everyone"
If you don't want your software to automatically update then don't use a distribution format where the software automatically updates.