Whilst servers are in a different category, multiple Windows Updates have changed the way updates work. Look at the Dual Scan situation[0]. People who had central management applied one update and suddenly found desktops also accepting updates from the Internet.
Then you've got the fact that "Professional Edition" was once a perfectly fine solution for businesses, but suddenly the ability to properly control updates like you suggest required Enterprise Edition. These aren't the only issues.
There's always someone who points out that if you have basically unlimited free time you can stay on top of all of it, but at the end of the day a lot of businesses still find surprise updates happening. I just got a sales call for a third party business product with the tagline "Disable Updates automatically applying (Yes, REALLY!)" as a listed feature.
Finally you can top it all off with the BYOD trend, where people often expect to run their own machines without management software.
Then you've got the fact that "Professional Edition" was once a perfectly fine solution for businesses, but suddenly the ability to properly control updates like you suggest required Enterprise Edition. These aren't the only issues.
There's always someone who points out that if you have basically unlimited free time you can stay on top of all of it, but at the end of the day a lot of businesses still find surprise updates happening. I just got a sales call for a third party business product with the tagline "Disable Updates automatically applying (Yes, REALLY!)" as a listed feature.
Finally you can top it all off with the BYOD trend, where people often expect to run their own machines without management software.
[0] https://www.thewindowsclub.com/dual-scan-windows-update