I only read the article because it looked like big news that Microsoft were recommending users use something else. Obviously this was not the case, as shown in the quote...

Well yeah, you can circumvent the patch delivery system and download each patch manually, then install them all manually. But the majority of simpler users aren't going to do this!

Disabling the use of Windows Update will mean the nice graphical pointy clicky thing will not be available, and they'll either have to go for all updates (via automatic update) or just manual ones. And with automatic update, you can't get any of the driver updates or extra features that aren't considered critical updates.

Anyway, I wouldn't trust security updates picked up via random websites!