element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Element turns on hardware acceleration without asking
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
1. Where are you starting? What can you see?
Before I had element version 1.11.104, I had to manually turn off hardware acceleration because my laptop does not have a dedicated GPU.
2. What do you click?
I clicked on "preferences" and turn the "enable hardware acceleration" button off
3. More steps…
Then I updated to element version 1.11.104
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
I expect that the "enable hardware acceleration" button still remain turned off indefinitely (unless I reinstall element)
#### What happened instead?
Instead, when opening Element 1.11.104, the app not only turned the "enable hardware acceleration" button back on but it kept turning back this button on even if I had to manually turn it back off and restart the application.

### Operating system
Linux Mint 22.1
### Application version
Element version 1.11.104
### How did you install the app?
From https://element.io/download
### Homeserver
xmr.se
### Will you send logs?
No
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