That wouldn't explain why the launcher thinks there is a new version though, right?
I'll try the fix, if it works I would assume so.
EDIT: The issue description matches mine, but the workaround did not help me.
Yep, same issue here on Mint 19.1.
Same here. This has been happening since at least 1.2.0.31 - really surprising to see the beta end without this being fixed.
2.1.2482, which is also the version that the .deb installs
also I understand that this is unrelated, but the launcher should really be in a public repo, downloading a .deb every time makes Linux workflow pointless