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Re:Firefox 76 by rad_gruchalski on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:14PM (#23083684)
Have you heard of "Check for updates but let me choose when to install them" option under about:preferences > Firefox Updates? I assume you did not.
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Re:Firefox 76 by guug on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:16PM (#23086985)
To be completely fair, reading every option under about:preferences is not part of the average user's workflow.
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Re:Firefox 76 by rad_gruchalski on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:16AM (#23101729)
True, it's probably much easier to search for "disable firefox auto update" using your fav search engine.
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Re:Firefox 76 by carapace on Thursday May 07, 2020 @12:27PM (#23104810)
Why not put that on the nag screen?
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