That’s great for you. Sadly it’s not everyone’s experience. I’ve broken plenty of things with updates, and I’m not even a heavy Linux user. you’ll find millions of Linux users making arguments like that I described above, blaming users for updates, all over the internet.
The responses have classic “I run Arch” energy. It’s never the fault of the software. It’s always the fault of the user. Ignore them. This is terrible UX and should be criticised. She did absolutely nothing wrong.