@Venetia @iamsentme I had the exact same reaction when reading this. In my case, though, the issue has improved since I moved to Linux Mint and disabled snap. Now it only updates when I run 'apt upgrade', not (what feels like) randomly.
We need to head over to Canonical's forums and complain there instead - they're not going to see it here.Next Linux install for me will likely not be Canonical's Ubuntu, but one of the snap-free derivatives.
Reading through more of the responses here, on page 4 I think user Alx84 hit the nail on the head - it's Ubuntu's Snap package manager updating the binaries, and Firefox is simply reacting to having had it's code updated.Even if you installed Firefox...
I'm very much a long-term Firefox user - I donated money for that NYTimes ad back in, what, 2004 maybe? - and I'm consider leaving over this issue. That's how annoying this is.I don't think it's Ubuntu doing it - Ubuntu updates when I run "apt dist-u...
