[tbb-bugs] #20083 [Applications/Tor Browser]: `app.update.enabled` should remove updater UI elements when set to false.

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#20083: `app.update.enabled` should remove updater UI elements when set to false.
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 Reporter:  yawning                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-sandboxing, tbb-usability  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                 |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                 |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Replying to [comment:3 bugzilla]:
 > Replying to [ticket:20083 yawning]:
 > > If the updater is disabled, the UI elements associated with it should
 be hidden.
 > `app.update.enabled` is about "update", not "updater", so everything is
 fine with it.

 I don't care what the pref is called, or if it's a separate pref, env var,
 or whatever, as long as it's possible.

 > Why do you want to disable auto-updates? Mozilla even made a
 `MozillaMaintananceService` to circumvent different "sandboxes" in order
 to update "sandboxed" browser.

 Because a sandbox that lets the sandboxed app re-write itself is terrible.

 > And you just want to go back to manual updates.

 No.

 > Or do you have something better?

 Yes.

 ps: *plonk*

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