> People don’t like paying for software, demand constant updates and hate subscriptions.

constant updates

"Don't give me security updates every time there's a security issue. Instead do it occasionally because I like my vulnerabilities to be a surprise"

I'm just pointing out that your proposal doesn't match their requirements.

> I don't want updates. I just want updates

It only sounds dumb if you write it like that. If you say "I don't want feature bloat, I just want security patches" it sounds reasonable.