Settings Automatic Updates Optional

The toggle button for automatic updates to be optional has been removed from my game settings. After the Market place fiasco that the Sims team has been releasing patches for the past week to fix, I am not sure why you all would remove that optional toggle button. The ONLY reason my game DID NOT CRASH causing me to lose everything last week is because I had my settings adjusted so that I can control removing my mods folder FIRST in offline mode. That option protects US (gamers) and YOU (EA creators) from things like Marketplace-Gate. MAY YOU PLEASE PLEASE PUT THE OPTION BACK. And if for some reason, you all think that mods are the main culprit of game crashes, let me be the first to say I just started using Mods, in mid January of 2026, less than 3mths ago. I switched recently because there are some really cute animations, jeans and hairstyles out there, so I finally caved. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, my sims 4 game has been crashing on me since 2016, so it's not all on the Mods. The program is just way too big. Even when I played base game only on the Xbox with only the Sims 4 installed for 2 yrs, the base game only game crashed faithfully with every patch update causing me to start over every time and affecting my ability to even want to connect to my Sims and play out storylines. Modding this year actually made me start to like the game again. Again, please add the optional update toggle back into the settings.