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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 1 year ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You seem to have a lot of trust in Mozilla. Do you realise that Firefox is developed and maintained by a for-profit corporation called Mozilla Corporation?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, quite a bit, especially compared to the rest of the industry. The reason is a) because that Corporation is owned by a non-profit, i.e. it has no shareholders that want to squeeze users for every penny, and b) there's a solid track record, and lots of passionate employees and contributors.

    Add to that that the belief that the only thing that will come from Mozilla's demise, is even more power to Google, Microsoft and Apple, and yeah... I'm hesitant to immediately go for the worst-faith interpretations of every action. Unfortunately most of the Fediverse appears to think differently.

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