For a while now, users have been forewarned about a reboot being needed because of an update for at least a day, in my experience. Most of the time it is multiple days.
It's not like it hits you without warning. You also have the ability to manually reboot whenever you like(!) and prevent surprises that way.
It doesn't give you a warning if your computer has been turned off for an extended period beforehand (for instance, if you're dual booting and Windows isn't your main OS.)
It does for me. Updates are no surprise for me, and I honestly don't understand what the big deal is. They're literally never a surprise to me and I am given many days notice.
It's not like it hits you without warning. You also have the ability to manually reboot whenever you like(!) and prevent surprises that way.