Comment by gr3yh47
9 years ago
>Hopefully, it's a bug, and that addon wasn't intended to be installed (much less active) universally like it is.
hey look, a voice of reason!
seriously. Mozilla is a company that has a long track record of dedication to openness and the free and open internet
this isnt Google, facebook, etc
let's all take a step back and give them a little benefit of the doubt here, until we get some facts on what happened.
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Mozilla is a company that has a long track record of dedication to openness and the free and open internet
True, and that's why I never stopped and recommending Firefox since I first installed Phoenix. That said, they're already installing and enabling Cliqz by default (for some users), and that's no bug. So it's not absurd that people might assume this isn't either. Reputation is hard to gain and easy to lose.
I think this /r/pitchforkemporium stuff is better suited to Reddit than HackerNews.
>>Hopefully, it's a bug, and that addon wasn't intended to be installed (much less active) universally like it is.
>hey look, a voice of reason!
Where's official statement saying it's a bug and it will be disabled ASAP? All I see is Mozilla workers here trying to justity the "bug".
I'm not happy with how this rolled out, and I'm not here to justify it.
I wasn't involved in its development, so I can't speak to its origin or the decision to use Shield for distribution, but I can gather feedback and answer technical questions about Firefox and the add-on.
Don't forget torches, you have to burn down the evil castle or else they'll just hide until everyone leaves.
> let's all take a step back and give them a little benefit of the doubt here, until we get some facts on what happened.
Except for:
Google Analytics being used on the Firefox Addons menu – solved by adding, in grey text on grey background, a tiny "Privacy Policy" link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421708
Mozilla forcefully enabling toolkit.telemetry.enabled in Nightly and Developer versions, and, upon being asked, saying that "below the download link is a text telling you that by downloading these, you opt-in to telemetry".
Benefit of the doubt is over, it’s time to get the pitchforks out.