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Mozilla Backs off on Data Collection: Firefox Labs to Not Require Telemetry or Studies in Future Updates (www.quippd.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by LWD@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/firefox@lemmy.world/t/2320051

Starting in Firefox 138, Mozilla started gating Firefox Labs features behind data collection.

Mozilla had announced that some new Firefox features would be released via Firefox Labs.

It is now a few hours since I posted, and there is reason to celebrate – Mozilla is updating Firefox Labs to let people access features without needing to enable data collection.

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox, sly as a fox, chicken as a chicken

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why a chicken? At least they are not forcing it down our throats like others do.

[–] Coding4Fun@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago

They are not forcing it down our throats because of the backslash of the community. So...chicken!

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

I'm really not happy with the path Mozilla chose.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, I knew things would be okay in the end. ☺️

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

🤔 I thought you wanted Labs features to be gated

[–] slackness@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I am happy they're giving people a choice. On the other hand, the fact is, (privacy respecting) telemetry is the only way to make a program as complicated as a web browser better. Especially important when your competition is a giant data hoarder with orders of magnitude more users. And people will just not turn on opt-in telemetry.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 11 points 9 hours ago

Do you really think Firefox did a better job of improving with every version from 57 to 139, vs 1 to 56? Personally, I haven't seen it...

Is Netflix doing a better job of improving its programming compared to network TV of the 1990s and 2000s?

Call my principles old fashioned, but if companies want to know what people want, they could always ask. Ask and then listen.