I had actually come here to post something very similar, but it seems like my thoughts were well said already by everyone above so I’ll leave it at that.
I’m still a fairly new user, maybe only about 3-4 months off an on, but I really appreciate the downtime updates. I’ve supported a lot of small developers for games, plugins ect and the communication here is great compared to most. I know the last thing you probably want to do after a long day’s work trying to get everything updated and running again is pop on an post an update, but it is greatly appreciated!