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		johnnywasagood on Jan 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Firefox connection problems after enabling... Good default is to ask users about their preferences explicitly and not to hide that kind of settings anywhere.

LtdJorge on Jan 13, 2022 [–]

Most users are computer illiterate, so they would choose to not auto-update to skip the hassle, and then never manually update anyways.

jacquesm on Jan 13, 2022 | [–]

Every FireFox install comes with auto-update enabled.

roman-holovin on Jan 13, 2022 | | [–]

Nope, mine on linux doesn't auto-update itself, though I update it diligently, but manually

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