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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 days ago (3 children)

And then you go to Settings / Privacy / Data and all you find is a link to the privacy policy and terms of service.

So you search online and find several relevant posts on a support forum, such as:

  • I cannot find this setting
  • The "on" option is grayed out
  • I tried to set this to "on" but I got a cryptic error message saying to contact my system administrator

All of them have been open for at least a year, hundreds of users clicked the "I also have this issue" button, and none of them have any useful replies.

[–] AeonFelis 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just go to about:dont-grind_my-bones/39a667aa-b5c5-441c-9df9-0f75e3fc588d and configure it there. It's so straightforward and obvious that it's literally your fault if you didn't notice it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AeonFelis 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Our telemetry data determined that no one was using it so we decided to drop that feature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That just happened to me!

I was looking to solve a Linux issue and the Internet said

It's simple. just use "sudo ̪͊̽͊̀̎̇̄̆̾̅̊̕͝͝p̶̗̝̬̾̃̈́́̿͜ͅa̵̹̜̅s̴̠͉̩̖̣̹̞͇̰̻̦͛͂̽̈̅̒͗̉͋͘͝ṡ̵̺̮̫̲̙̙̹̻̹͉͎̣͌͆̔̐̓̊̽́̌̂̓̚̚̚ͅw̸̮̠̪̤̏̍͛̔̚o̶̡̫̟͖͎̣̫̹̰͕̰̝̻͎̽͛͛̃͒͂̆̋̂͜͠r̵͖̯̭̮͗͒̍̅̆͊̕͜͜͝͝d̷̛̛͖̮͍͉̣̙̀̐͂͌͊͌̃̌͂͑́̚͠ ̵̛̱̲̳̫̳̫̟͉͙̎̽̑̈́͌̎̑̀̒̕ͅ1̸̯͍͓̝̦̦̖͖͉͎̪̬̹̝̏͛́͋͗̒̓̇̾̄̍͠1̵̱̭̰̥̹̟̰̲̙͗̽̆́̀̐2̴̹̯̼̲͎̯͈̈́͠͠2̷̰̤̖͓̫͈̅̑́̂͋̈́̎̀̿͐̿̑͠3̴̫̩̫̻̕7̷͎̫̖̦̰̫̳̭͉͎̍͆̔̈̒͑̈́̈̚͝"

How silly of me not to know that.

[–] Aeri 2 points 1 day ago

My favorite is "I had to hack the website by making a userscript to access the option afforded to EU users and I have no idea if it actually affected anything"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Your only option is to not use the service. Fee Fi Fo Fum.