Auto updates for SECURITY patches are a good idea, Forced feature updates every 6 months are NOT a good idea.
All versions of Windows 10 should have the option to receive only security updates and turn off feature updates. Currently I have to set my Windows 10 PCs network adapter to a metered connection to stop it download feature updates but there should be a proper way of switching it off in the OS settings.
Sure the odd security update breaks stuff but not as frequently as these feature updates do.