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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 [M] to c/firefox@fedia.io
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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* (4 children)

incidentally gatekeeping new features being A/B tested is hardly fucking anyone over. Let's save the rage for things that matter.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Advertising yourself as a good option for privacy then taking your data is fucking you over. And it was only two days ago that they tried forcing it, and they're already lowering the middle finger and apologising.

    Let's try to not mislead people here by pointing to some a/b testing thing that has nothing to do with policy changes and enforcement

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Let’s try to not mislead people here by pointing to some a/b testing thing that has nothing to do with policy changes and enforcement

    The Nimbus migration is literally why it was kept behind telemetry for a couple days, that's not a red-herring. You're attributing malice to neglect - which is now fixed.

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