Firefox collecting data in of itself isn't at all rude, or problematic. Nobody cares if Mozilla has "data". What they care about is if they collect data that vi

Firefox collecting data in of itself isn't at all rude, or problematic. Nobody cares if Mozilla has "data". What they care about is if they collect data that violates the user's privacy. The whole point of RAPPOR and differential privacy is it's an approach to collecting data that is supposed to preserve user privacy. So the real question is, does it preserve user privacy sufficiently that it's ok to make something opt-out instead of opt-in? But that's not what you're complaining about, you're just ranting because they're collecting data, period, without actually understanding the extent to which your privacy is being violated (if at all). And of course this all started with you saying that you may as well switch to another company's products, a company which you know violates your privacy quite significantly. You still haven't explained why Firefox collecting a small amount of data in a way that tries to minimize any privacy violations means you should just give up any semblance of privacy and use a product that tries to collect as much personal information as possible.