[dstillman]

> Software preferences having a privacy section is a thing. Firefox, chromium, etc.

Yes, and Firefox's Privacy & Security section doesn't cover Firefox Sync, the default search engine, search bar suggestions, the new tab pane, the default homepage, or app update checks. Those all make network requests to various services, and they're all controlled in their own sections in the preferences where they make more sense. And you can't turn off loading a website when you enter a URL.

Grouping a few more prefs together in Zotero might make sense, but in a modern, web-connected tool, there's just a lot of functionality where the network connectivity is implicit. The main difference in Zotero is that we document it all and tell you how to turn it off.