I view this as a positive thing. Really!
On my iPhone and iPad, app updates are pretty much a daily thing. And the update notes are typically “Bug fixes and improvements”, which is so generic it tells me nothing, other than the developers are not actively trying to make the app worse.
I could run automatic updates, but that cedes too much control, and an update could go sideways. If I approve each update, I may hear about a bad one before applying it and avoid some trouble.
For a time, that red badge on the App Store icon showing me the number of updates bothered me, but something clicked in my brain that made me just not care about it anymore. So now I don’t update my apps and the badge number goes up, and I’m fine with that.
I still go in and selectively update some apps here and there, usually if the update seems useful or adds something that sounds enticing (this is rare).
Anyway, this is just one small piece in me achieving my own personal kind of Zen. More to come!