And even if you have automatic updates turned off, Apple will still start downloading the 15 gigs for MacOS 27, just in case...
Sounds like an unauthorized access of my computer - a fine of a dollar per byte, per person, should make Apple turn the hell around. 15 billion dollars times how many Apple users that have been wronged in this manner? Apple would be dead instantly.
And disable certain features like Apple Pay if you don’t have auto-updates enabled.