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   Dr. Noah Bodie to All   
   An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Reque   
   20 Aug 22 17:33:33   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.mint   
   From: noah@bodie.not   
      
   This may help some... I did it and it does work.   
      
   * An Easy Way To Stop Firefox Update Requests *   
      
   https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging   
   You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy   
      
   Create the file 'policies.json' and put in: /etc/firefox/policies/   
      
   Paste the code below in the 'policies.json' text file:   
      
   {   
   "policies": {   
   "DisableAppUpdate": true,   
   "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,   
   "FirefoxHome": {   
   "Search": true,   
   "TopSites": false,   
   "Highlights": false,   
   "Pocket": false,   
   "Snippets": false,   
   "Locked": true   
   },   
   "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true,   
   "DisablePocket": true,   
   "DisableTelemetry": true,   
   "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,   
   "SearchBar": "separate"   
   }   
   }   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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