Mozilla Clarifies on Data Collection: Firefox Labs to Not Require Telemetry or Studies in Future Updates
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TL;DR: Mozilla has shifted from the forced telemetry introduced in Firefox 138 for Firefox Labs. Hours after I posted about the Labs change, Mozilla opened bug 1972647, which describes a change to Labs to allow it to be used when telemetry or studies are disabled.

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.

  • teejay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I’m just a bit tired of the reactionary pressure to be outraged about everything on social media.

    Have you tried… I dunno… just skipping the posts you don’t like? Others are clearly interested in this post and topic. You’re not the social media judge who decides what’s worthy of discussion. Just keep scrolling, friend.

    • Vincent@feddit.nl
      21·
      2 days ago

      That kinda works, but it’s just that I’ve also been on the other side of this. Like, just now I read this, and it just makes me sad.

      Me not jumping on the bandwagon doesn’t make it better. But I’m hoping for a movement to dissuade others from doing so.

      And also, I know the lure of being outraged about everything, and I’m sure that among everyone who thinks they are interested in it, there are plenty who would actually be better off not getting wound up about it. (But yes, that’s probably not you.)