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Connection to server still made even if "automatically check for updates" is disabled #4044

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Description

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Platform

Operating system and version: Windows 10
OBS Studio version: 26.1.1

Expected Behavior

No connections to OBS servers made

Current Behavior

Connection is made to obsproject.com to download the following urls:
https://obsproject.com/update_studio/whatsnew.json
https://obsproject.com/obs2_update/rtmp-services/package.json

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install OBS
  2. Launch OBS
  3. Open settings (file -> settings -> general), uncheck "automatically check for updates on startup"
  4. Save settings
  5. Restart OBS

Additional information

The request to https://obsproject.com/update_studio/whatsnew.json also contains a "X-OBS2-GUID" header, which appears to be an installation identifier. Presumably this is used as telemetry to keep track of how many installations are there and how often they're used (since the request is made every time OBS launches).

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