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.

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/firefox@lemmy.world/t/2320051

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.

  • LWD@lemm.eeOP
    141·
    23 hours ago

    Do you really think Firefox did a better job of improving with every version from 57 to 139, vs 1 to 56? Personally, I haven’t seen it…

    Is Netflix doing a better job of improving its programming compared to network TV of the 1990s and 2000s?

    Call my principles old fashioned, but if companies want to know what people want, they could always ask. Ask and then listen.

    • slackness@lemmy.ml
      21·
      6 hours ago

      The Netflix analogy does not make any sense in this context.

      they could always ask. Ask and then listen.

      Not nearly enough people turn on optional telemetry. I’ll bet you don’t always either.