![]() Additionally, unlike the alternatives out there, for the minority of people who care enough, they are upfront about what data is collected (and again, you can turn it off, if you care enough). Now, unlike the alternative out there, Mozilla, by default provides you with the option to opt out, if you're one of the minority of people who care enough to do so. Which is why, it is best to keep it enabled by default, as to collect the greater sampling of useful information, so you may improve upon your development. And while I wish people would voluntarily opt into such a thing, the same mindset is what keeps most people from both not volunteering and not opting out either. In that type of global mindset and environment, having some basic generated feedback makes sense. For the common consumer end user, it comes down to, does it work and do you like it. I wish more people took an active interest in anything they use, but they do not. "Privacy is easy, just go change these obscure settings in a menu you've never used before, which can easily brick your browser."īasic analytics is how any software in 2022 gets better.īecause the truth is, most folks do not report bugs or poor performance or how they use their browser or any other software they use. 90% of users don't know what an about:config is or out to access it. Hiding privacy behind a variable in about:config and claiming you're free because you're able to disable it is no different than hiding a key in a locked room and saying they're free to leave at any moment. Can we stop acting like firefox is the bastion of the free internet now?Įdit: To the people saying that you can opt out of it, opt out is not good enough.įeatures that do not serve the user in any meaningful way should not be enabled by default. It's the lesser of two evils, that doesn't make it good in any way. With FOSS being all about freedom and choice, it's weird how whenever you say someone's favorite browser is bad, they automatically disagree without reasoning. The moment when you bring any of this up, people just downvote you and never even bother to talk. And there's a ton of other ways that it tracks you. It collects things that are entirely unnecessary to serving you a new tab. Here's all the metrics that firefox collects when you simply open a new tab. One day the trials will end and we shall rise above all, but use the systems of the squids and krill for what you need and only for what you need, and persevere in the hope of the future. Even if persecuted in this way, as long as one believes in the supremacy of Linux, one may become a member of the Linux Master Race. This is an unfortunate fact, and it may force many penguins to use the crude systems of the seafood. Alas, currently the Mac squids, and even more so the Windows krill, do not realize the inevitable triumph of the Linux OS.Please check that it is Monday on UTC before posting something MS or Windows related! Posts including Microsoft/Windows that also relate to Linux might be allowed according to moderator discretion. #3) With great power comes great responsibility.įor expansions on the three basic rules, view the full rules page here.Īdditionally, posts that are Microsoft/Windows related may only be posted on Mondays. It usually boils down to these three things: We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local SystemĪdministrator. By using it, you ascend even higher into the /r/PCMasterRace.According to Gabe Newell, it's the future of PC gaming (as is SteamOS).There are also no keyloggers built-in, unlike in Windows They tried (and failed) to get a backdoor inserted into Linux. You can see every line of code it uses, so you know there's no NSA backdoor. ![]()
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