For myself, I switched everything over to Google WiFi's, precisely because they auto-update, and having worked previously on a security-focused team at Google, I trust them to have a competent security team and actually stay on top of the patches. I don't miss fussing with manually updating router firmware. Life is too short.
On the other hand, my Nest thermostats were bricked after a software update this week, so maybe today I'm starting to see a crack in my "auto update is best" dogma...
On the other hand, my Nest thermostats were bricked after a software update this week, so maybe today I'm starting to see a crack in my "auto update is best" dogma...