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Why don’t you just disable automatic updates?

• jacquesm 5y ago
  Good question. Because for security reasons you want to stay up-to-date on software that connects to various websites. At the same time, from a functionality point of view I wished I'd never have to update anything.
  • zuhsetaqi 5y ago
    Yes it has its pros and cons like everything. But as a default for the average user I think auto update should be enabled
  • mikro2nd 5y ago
    It's not a question of avoiding updates altogether, but the sad reality that it always seems to choose the most inconvenient and/or expensive time to do it. If they'd just do as Thunderbird does -- notify me that there's an update and ask me what action I'd like to take -- there'd be no problem. As it is, being unable to choose when the update happens is unacceptable. FWIW I've tried every documented setting, "enterprise" policies, etc. to prevent automatic updates in FF, but nothing seems to stick.
    • jcynix 5y ago
      Hmm, works for me (Firefox ESR) under Preferences > General and there "Allow Firefox to" ... "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" That's s private installation, a company-wide centrally managed might work differently ... but companies normally want to control updates too.