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Settings enabling themselves on update

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Every time Firefox updates it keeps re-enabling settings on its own.

Specifically 2 settings on the general tab keep enabling themselves in the "browsing" section, "Recommend extensions as you browse" and "Recommend features as you browse"

I have disabled these settings dozens of times now, and every time Firefox updates it keeps re-enabling these 2 settings on its own.

Just now I updated to v128.0 and these 2 settings turned themselves on again.

Why is Firefox not respecting my settings? Why is Firefox allowed to modify my settings without my permission?

I have deleted and reinstalled Firefox already. I don't use profiles and am not signed into the browser, so no settings are getting carried over that way.

Every time Firefox updates it keeps re-enabling settings on its own. Specifically 2 settings on the general tab keep enabling themselves in the "browsing" section, "Recommend extensions as you browse" and "Recommend features as you browse" I have disabled these settings dozens of times now, and every time Firefox updates it keeps re-enabling these 2 settings on its own. Just now I updated to v128.0 and these 2 settings turned themselves on again. Why is Firefox not respecting my settings? Why is Firefox allowed to modify my settings without my permission? I have deleted and reinstalled Firefox already. I don't use profiles and am not signed into the browser, so no settings are getting carried over that way.

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This is on windows PC since I forgot to specify. Has been happening for at least the past couple dozen updates or so. Maybe longer.

This is also not an issue with write protections or anything like that.

The settings stay disabled until the next update then they revert to enabled.

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