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Block the bootloader from updating, use LTS kernel for stability. Checking Arch's page didn't work for me, btw. I ended up switching to Fedora because I was hit by every breakage (4 in a row), LTS kernel didn't work with my ethernet, and ethernet broke after an update. -Some people have great luck and some don't.
I'm personally not too scared of random things breaking, I've always managed to fix them. At some point I will consider replacing GRUB with something else.
Anyway Arch's stability being a matter of luck checks out - I haven't been able to install the damn thing on my ancient laptop for some BIOS related reason.