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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 2 days 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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[–] slackness@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (2 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 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] slackness@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

The Netflix analogy does not make any sense in this context.

they could always ask. Ask and then listen.

Not nearly enough people turn on optional telemetry. I'll bet you don't always either.