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Is this the time to drop firefox?

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[–] TheFeatureCreature 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is disabled if you turn off telemetry in the settings, which users should already be doing anyway. I don't see this as any worse than what they already do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

which users should already be doing anyway.

Not necessarily. If you want to support the software it's generally a good idea to leave it on as it helps the devs find bugs and what features are needed and what existing features that are used.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would I disable telemetry when it can give valuable information for development purposes?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Capture everything you do on the browser 24/7 to machine-process it for "points"

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Simply asking for feedback or taking feedback directly on the points I'm interested, for example with a survey or Mozilla Connect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

What points tho? Firefox doesn't give you any points for anything.