Agree, this seems overkill, privacy is good, but removing a feature because some use to spy on users seems to be a quick fix. I mean will they also remove cooki

Agree, this seems overkill, privacy is good, but removing a feature because some use to spy on users seems to be a quick fix. I mean will they also remove cookies because some adds networks use them to track users? Probably not. And the problem probably won't go away by just killing one feature. As far as I know such user fingerprinting techniques work because values from lots of APIs get taken into account, so just killing one API won't solve the problem completly. What bothers me most, is that this is a step back for webapps developers, the web app loose a feature the native apps can still use, it's just sad. I guess the mozilla team has put some thought into this!? I would really like to know what their pros and cons where. I wonder what other solutions they considered and why those where all dismissed until finally deciding in favor of such a drastic move.