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I'm wondering if it displays that pop-up when it knows there is an update available. So, even after disabling that setting, it may not check for updates anymore, but it already knows that one is there. Just a theory, I don't think it is trying to force anything


No, it checks the update.
The ...

Agree! This is probably a bug, isn't it? rainman74, 07 Aug 2020, 10:34

Or "Windows-style" forced autoupdate. :)

I know for sure that such a behavior exists for like 5 or more years both on Windows (7) and Debian (Ubuntu, Kubuntu starting from ~ 14.04).

I always disable "Check automatically once a week". Because if I'm OK with the current version I want just to use it. I will check for updates manually when I wish to.
But FFS continues to reenable the auto check functionality like every week or two. And this is really frustrating! I've disabled it ...