That's the reason I don't buy consoles anymore, the consoles had a simple pitch going for them, sit down and play, no waiting, no fiddling. That used to be true, except nowadays, you have to wait for endless updates every time you switch on the console.

But you can pay Sony $60 a year for the privilege of getting your PS4 to update everything in the background on its own! Clearly the free market provides the best player experience.

In the same vein, forced updates is why I refuse to allow Snap on any of my systems and opt for Flatpak instead.

Xbox One is even worse. If you go to long without playing you have to both update, and sign back in to a microsoft account.