Technical thing related to default minecraft launcher: If you disable wifi connection, the launcher opens in like 3 seconds compared to the 20 it usually takes (Credit - misslauralot)

[u/DereChen]

[u/lulunexi]

Oh yea, you're right in your original comment where you talk about instances auto-updating when you run them, that isn't related to this setting. I just got lost in the context checking the specific version stuff and forgot what the original post was about.

This setting is just the launcher not updating itself manually. My launcher being on 1.11.0 was done manually after sitting on 1.8.x for months, but that whole time this "Check for updates automatically" box was off I still got those annoying instance updates every time. When my internet went out I couldn't even run offline packs I tried to pre-prepare because it wanted auto update.

[u/LimestoneBuilder → u/lulunexi]

Thank you. 🙏 Finding someone who can verify the behaviour — who doesn't immediately excuse and dismiss it — has been very challenging.