They should experiment with moving Updates back to the main screen. I have auto update turned off on a bunch of apps, it shouldn't be buried in menus (User icon > Manage apps & devices > Updates)
I have auto update turned on and I still need to do manual updates all the time. Moving that option always felt so user hostile to me although I can't really say why.
It probably bugs us so much because we are both capable of figuring out why developers make changes even if we dislike them and yet we cannot come up with a single good reason for this one.
Can't remember the last time I installed anything from Play store. Every app comes from Github/FDroid/XDA etc & updates through Obtainium. I dont use any Google service & this sounds like get another garbage decision from Google