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Re:On Our Abusive Relationship with Mozilla’s Firefox by diggernet on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:47PM (#24873166)
Oh? Where?

I go to about:preferences, and scroll down to Firefox Updates. Below that, it says "Keep Firefox up to date for the best performance, stability, and security." And then there's the version and a "What's new" link. No actual settings of any kind.

Based on tips found online, I've set app.update.auto=false, but that has had no effect.

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Re:On Our Abusive Relationship with Mozilla’s Firefox by acdha on Friday October 23, 2020 @08:39PM (#24875903)
On a standard Firefox install the preferences dialog has a radio button to choose between automatic installs and checking but not downloading until you choose.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg19e5pvhdrt05h/Screen%20Shot%2020...

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Re:On Our Abusive Relationship with Mozilla’s Firefox by diggernet on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:27AM (#24883841)
WTF? Thought I had a "standard Firefox". Has Canonical been tampering with the builds?
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