Avast suddenly updates other software without asking and without my consent

option “limited mode”?
Not only for premium but also for free.
Look at DavidR Screen:

however, that’s not the point.

because premium users have the option of refusing avast to send you notifications for one of their other paid products or for third-party products…this function doesn’t seem to have worked since yesterday.

This problem obviously didn’t occur directly after the program update, but a week later.