[Bug 1871030] [NEW] There's no Option to Disable the Startup of KDEConnect

[Lonnie Lee Best]

Public bug reported:

In Kubuntu 19.10 (and likely Kubuntu 20.04), why is KDEConnect not listed as a Background Service here?:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/FtRl2.jpg

Run this command in Kubuntu 19.10:
lsof -i

You'll see that KDEConnect is listening on UDP 1716 and TCP 1716.

I want to prevent KDEConnect from running each time I reboot my
computer, because I do not use this service and I do not appreciate
unused services that run each time my computer starts (especially ones
that hide themselves from official lists like that of Startup Services
-- screenshot linked above).

What is so special about KDEConnect that it should run all the time,
whether you need it or not (and without the GUI-level-ability to toggle
it off)?

Is this something that can be addressed before Kubuntu 20.04 is
released?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: kdeconnect 1.3.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-45.37-generic 5.3.18
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Apr  6 01:52:24 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-03 (62 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdeconnect
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: kdeconnect (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan focal

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  There's no Option to Disable the Startup of KDEConnect

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