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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by patrick451 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:28PM (#24254071)
I have used firefox for a long time. Their continued insistence on forced automatic updates is quickly becoming a deal a breaker. Even putting aside my philosophical objections to this practice (let me update my software when I want on my own damn machine), it is exceptionally frustrating when those updates with forced restarts perpetually occur in the middle of the workday.
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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by grey_earthling on Monday August 24, 2020 @04:16AM (#24258466)
On Linux Firefox gets updated the same way as any other package, which almost always gives you more manual control than this.

I suppose I'm saying this is a complaint about macOS and/or Windows, rather than about Firefox as such ;)

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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by chappi42 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:52PM (#24254753)
You can disable app updates and avoid the update notification by using enterprice policies (sounds complicated but is just a policies.json file).
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