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

[c_starchaser]

I wanted to see the new dialog, but the screenshot link is broken.  A
while back I followed the fake ubuntu advantage suggestion, and/or the
unspamifyubuntu solution, or both;  I can't remember anymore, and
whatever it was worked for me.  On the other hand, probably for the same
reason, I don't see the new solution.  I was just thinking, if it's not
too late, and if there's any merit to it, in Muon one can mark a package
for installation, or mark a package for re-installation, or for removal.
Perhaps there could be another choice, namely a never-install mark,
which prevents any packages or upgrades that depend on that package from
being offered.  Then the question would be how to translate that to the
narrower scope of Software Updater.  By the way, logging in now has a
nasty thing about something called Ubuntu One...  Another nag?  Question
is do you have One or not?  If you say you don't, it FORCES you to sign
up for it.  If you say yes, it lets you pass even if you don't have it
and were just lying.  Well, at least I THINK I lied, as I don't remember
ever signing up for One.

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Title:
  Software Updater unable to cancel Ubuntu Pro upgrade

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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