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I would be prepared to bet that most people that use the more advanced functionality disable telemetry.

• babypuncher 5y ago
  And then they wonder why the developers think nobody uses said niche feature
  • iqanq 5y ago
    Given that it's known that power users disable telemetry, developers should not rely on telemetry alone when deciding to remove a feature. The opposite is spiting power users, and you can see how that's going for Mozilla.
    • yoasif_ 5y ago
      My feeling is that telemetry as used in most places as a gut check to ensure that what you are doing isn't a terrible idea. It isn't necessarily going to drive you to invest further into something (you generally have better ways of getting that kind of feedback).
    • wolverine876 5y ago
      > developers should not rely on telemetry alone when deciding to remove a feature What better data should they use? > you can see how that's going for Mozilla HN commenters (not necesarily readers) react this way to most changes in everything. Mozilla doesn't stand out IME.
      • account42 5y ago
        > What better data should they use? For one, they could take comments on their bug tracker to heart instead of locking the discussion as soon as there are enough users unhappy with a change.
  • marginalia_nu 5y ago
    Should I have to sit around defensively pressing buttons I like to keep around but don't have use for every day just to be sure the devs don't think they are redundant? Seems silly. Alright 15 minutes have passed, here we go again. Back, reload, view page source, bookmarks,...
    • yepthatsreality 5y ago
      Really at this point users should band together to steer Firefox back into better graces. Really all that’s needed is a bunch of servers running Firefox with something like Playwrightjs or Selenium and just juke the stats on features since the marketers and developers are ONLY going to make decisions based off that data.
    • wolverine876 5y ago
      No, you should use it as you normally do, as will others, and then they'll know what is actually used.
  • rossy 5y ago
    And then the vendor wonders why privacy conscious users don't use their browser (a core demographic, judging by their product line and social media.)