Comment by ryanisnan
9 years ago
I don't look to my browser's implementation to "have a little fun". This is a foolish decision on Mozilla's part.
9 years ago
I don't look to my browser's implementation to "have a little fun". This is a foolish decision on Mozilla's part.
poor argument. ostensibly the only reason to separate business from pleasure is out of practical concerns. without stating practical concerns there’s no way consider the validity of your comment.
who knows, you may totally change my mind, but as it stands it makes it difficult to disagree or agree with you.
How about this:
I opted into FF telemetry and "studies" with the understanding that some extra data would be collected and experimental features or specialized debugging tools might get pushed to my browser (like the last "study" I saw for collecting JS errors).
This addon is none of those things. It is an advertisement. Call it an "alternate reality game" if you like, but it's an advertisement for a television show. It has nothing to do with making FireFox a better browser.
Using the Shield Studies program to deploy extensions and advertisements that have nothing to do with the original stated purpose is an abuse of the tool and a breach of trust.
That's all aside from the fact that there's been numerous reports of people receiving the addon who never opted in to Shield Studies in the first place.
Raising awareness about security and privacy relevant issues from a TV show seems to me like it (indirectly) makes Firefox a better browser. An AR game does nothing to improve the browser by itself, but think of the big picture. Cultural awareness is a big part of it.
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