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I still use Firefox specifically because of Chrome's privacy concerns and was under the impression after dropping FirefoxOS Mozilla was headed in the right dire
by darrmit 9y ago
I still use Firefox specifically because of Chrome's privacy concerns and was under the impression after dropping FirefoxOS Mozilla was headed in the right direction.
It seems they've convinced themselves that the only way to improve the product is to collect data on their users, rather than continuing to push the idea of privacy - which, in my opinion, if marketed correctly, could win over a lot of users. The browser is still fundamentally awesome.
This seems like the kind of thing they could push through their TestPilot program and just market it, rather than pushing it to everyone by default. But I imagine they want to push it to everyone specifically so they can take advantage of those who are ignorant to the ability to opt-out.
- MichaelMoser123 9y agoI guess any browser wants to dominate the platform. It turns into another IE once it succeeds at doing so. Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss.
- sp332 9y agoIt seems your premise is wrong since Firefox's market share has been steadily declining for years. Privacy apparently doesn't matter to that many people.
- darrmit 9y agoI suppose you're right, I just know that privacy has become more of a known issue than it was 10 years ago. I guess users don't back that knowledge up with action by switching browsers.
- izacus 9y agoI'm sure losing the only advantage over technically superior Chrome is going to help their market share!
- sp332 9y agoLosing a major technical disadvantage will probably help.