How can I turn off update avaliable notification?
I'm currently in my vacation home and I don't have home internet here. I'm connecting through my mobile phone using limited mobile data. and I selected not to download updates because it keeps updating itself like twice in a week and every MB counts in limited data plans especially if it's just 4 GB total for each month.
But now every time I open the firefox it showing download latest update popup like an annoying virus on the top right corner where 3 horizontal lines are located.
I checked the internet and previously this was an option in it's settings. Then this option removed and only hidden behind the about:config . and now it's completely removed from about:config either.
The only reason I switched from chrome to firefox was because google became an absolute dictator lately and all it's changes was to limit down my accessibility. I switched to firefox becuse it doesn't backstab it's users and they give the choice to it's users rather than dictating it like dictators. So did I make a mistake switching to firefox? Is firefox becoming just like chrome now? or is there (hoping so much) and option given us to turn off the notifications as well?
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Note that minor updates are quite small (few MB, so less than a small video) and if you wait too long then you only get a full update that is a lot larger, so this is hardly worth the trouble.
See this policy:
- https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#manualappupdateonly
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson
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Note that minor updates are quite small (few MB, so less than a small video) and if you wait too long then you only get a full update that is a lot larger, so this is hardly worth the trouble.
See this policy:
cor-el said
Note that minor updates are quite small (few MB, so less than a small video) and if you wait too long then you only get a full update that is a lot larger, so this is hardly worth the trouble. See this policy:
Well the problem is if I keep updating for a long period of time as well, eventually I will get the full update too. It's not like I'm away from home for a month or two. I might be stuck in here for a whole year. So seriously, updating is just not an option I can afford :/
So set up the policy. But please remember to update every six months. Longer time span makes you vulnerable to a growing number of issues.
TyDraniu said
So set up the policy. But please remember to update every six months. Longer time span makes you vulnerable to a growing number of issues.
How can I do that? There is no option in about:config to turn off the update notification. It's coming up every time I open firefox. I'm not a fan using old versions, but I just don't have the money to afford more mobile data then I have and I'm very poor.