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> Without telemetry, they simply won't be able to find and solve bugs and crashes effectively. Users can be prompted to report bugs with some facility to provi
by chrismartin 9y ago
> Without telemetry, they simply won't be able to find and solve bugs and crashes effectively.
Users can be prompted to report bugs with some facility to provide telemetry (e.g. after a crash), but the browser must ask permission first.
On-by-default telemetry is tantamount to malware exfiltrating information about your computing activity to a third party.
- pcwalton 9y ago> e.g. after a crash Not "e.g. after a crash", "only after a crash". That's about the only kind of telemetry you can get on a "prompt on each occurrence" basis like that. Just monitoring crashes is not nearly enough to create a competitive browser. Performance bugs, many of which are specific to older systems mostly used by people who can't be expected to file bugs in Bugzilla, cannot be reliably caught without some kind of telemetry.