[Bug 2047778] Re: Software Updater unable to cancel Ubuntu Pro upgrade

[c_starchaser]

Okay, I'm not sure I understand this interface.  Right now, I came here
(bugs.launchpad.net) directly from a link in the email notificaiton, and
I was already logged in.  Yesterday, however, I arrived here through a
link in an email, but I was not automatically logged in, for some
reason;  it told me that in order to post I had to log-in first.  When I
tried, I was in a page with a single question:  Do you have Ubuntu One;
which is a great question;  I have/had no idea.  But "I don't know" was
not one of the choices.  Only choices were yes and no.  I said No, and
it took me to a form to fill out in order to register for it, without
even explaining to me in plain English what the hell Ubuntu One is.  So,
I hit the back button a couple of times and tried to log-in again.  It
hit me again with the hateful yes or no question, so this time I said
Yes, and it took me straight back here where I wanted to be in the first
place.  All the while I have no idea whether I have an Ubuntu One
registration, or not, or what it is.  And I don't feel I know enough
about it to report a "bug", though I would argue that making assumptions
about the user's knowledge is a philosophical bug of the first order.

As for the rest, I will have to trust you, as some hack I installed a
while back has already removed Pro nags from my eyes, so I can't verify
the fix.  Thanks!

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Title:
  Software Updater unable to cancel Ubuntu Pro upgrade

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
   Every time I invoke Software Updater I get a list of Ubuntu Pro security updates, and a message at the bottom that for those updates I need to enable Ubuntu Pro, with only one other button to choose, "Remind Me Later".  I searched for Ubuntu Pro to find out what it is, and came to the conclusion that I do not want it;  but there seems to nowhere be any means to permanently reject its installation.  Every time I reboot the computer I get the same files offered again, and the only options again are to enable Pro or be reminded later, neither of which options reflects my will and desire.  Is this an option, as it seems to be dressed up to be?, or is it a MANDATORY upgrade?  My experience as a user is one of confusion.
    (I can still upgrade my packages through Muon Package Manager, though;  but Software Updater appears to have been rendered permanently useless by this persistent nag.)
    Perhaps this is very poor and misguided marketing trick;  rather than a software bug.
    What IS a bug, however, is the inability for a user to block a package or upgrade through the Software Updater interface.  This permanent nag with Ubuntu Pro points to a deficiency in Software Updater.  There ought to be a way to say NO to an upgrade in a way that sticks.

  Info:
  My computer is an old Lenovo T440 laptop.
  ~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
  Release:        22.04
  Codename:       jammy
  Using Lubuntu desktop.

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