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Yes, Feature Updates will no longer be installed automatically - BUT you will still see them appear automatically in Windows Update when it is deemed ready for your machine. The new change is that you then have to ask for it to 'Download and install now'.
...how close does one need to be. Before Microsoft starts to push out a Feature Update to your machine automatically?
About a month or so before the end of support, apparently.
Cumulative Update KB4497934 Windows 10 v1809 Build 17763.529 - May 21When Windows 10 devices are at, or within several months of reaching, end of service, Windows Update will begin to automatically initiate a feature update.