We are 6 months into this and each patch brings new things we get to wait 4+ weeks to be "resolved" (for some strange MS/Asobo definition of "resolved").
If there were a way to stop updates I wouldn't begrudge someone using it. It won't look any worse then FSX. Of course you'd need to stop updating and freeware and payware addons at that same point to avoid creating incompatibilities. And there would be no sense in bugging any developer about any issues, you'd be "on your own".