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While I'm not thrilled Mozilla ran an experiment placing ads in the browser, I am confident that anything they release will be easy to disable via about:config

While I'm not thrilled Mozilla ran an experiment placing ads in the browser, I am confident that anything they release will be easy to disable via about:config or some other configuration. However, looking closer at this situation there is a bit of a troubling fact that `experiments.enabled` - the configuration directive used here - doesn't appear in about:config but certainly is being used: https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-esr45/source/browser/experiments/ExperimentsService.js#20 https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-esr45/source/browser/experim... Looks like someone filed a bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517147 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517147

naner 8y ago
Mozilla's in a weird spot. I understand they need to be profitable but springing these types of "experiments" on users is eroding trust and is damaging long-term. There's got to be a better way to manage these changes so that it doesn't feel like adware is being surreptitiously injected into your web browser. The Wikipedia method of getting in your face begging for money seems unpleasant as well but at least that doesn't leave you questioning their motives and judgement.