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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by aeyes on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:32PM (#23055104)
Windows 10 has an out of the box feature to mark connections as metered which disables automatic updates.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by wtallis on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:53PM (#23055216)
> which disables automatic updates.

Except for the ones Microsoft thinks are really important to push to you.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by zdragnar on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:56PM (#23055230)
Really? I spent a year with that on (satellite for awhile, then 4g lye data) and never saw an update automatically go through.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by thetinguy on Saturday May 02, 2020 @08:23PM (#23055955)
Based on the discussion linked in the article Ubuntu does as well.
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by ultrarunner on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:38PM (#23055140)
On Ethernet which ultimately has a cellular uplink?
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by DanBC on Saturday May 02, 2020 @05:51PM (#23055205)
Yes, but this is something that needs to be set.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028458/windows-met...

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by aeyes on Saturday May 02, 2020 @07:16PM (#23055632)
Yes, you can set it on any connection. It can also be set as a group policy.
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