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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by guug on Saturday May 02, 2020 @09:24PM (#23056172)
Will setting `refresh.metered=hold` prevent snap updates indefinitely?

Can I mark all my network connections as metered?

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by kikoreis on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:26PM (#23063971)
I'm not sure how refresh.metered behaves when there is a network device change, but I assume it will, yes.

And I'm pretty sure NM lets you set all network connections metered, i.e.

  nmcli connection modify $CONNECTION connection.metered yes
See https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/364927/networkmanag...
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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by guug on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:57PM (#23064115)
Someone on reddit stated that snapd will update snaps regardless of what value `refresh.metered` holds when updates are postponed long enough. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to verify whether this claim is true or false.

Canonical should be up front about this type of information.

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