> At least when it's packaged by the distribution someone has reviewed the changes and can flag up and disable any nonsense that mozilla is adding. Unfortunate

> At least when it's packaged by the distribution someone has reviewed the changes and can flag up and disable any nonsense that mozilla is adding. Unfortunately, Mozilla has enough power that AFAIK they've pretty much run roughshod over the distributions. Pretty much the only software I know of that can do that. It's mostly through enforcing their trademark. If you know of a mainstream Linux distribution where the maintainers actually care enough to patch Firefox to remove all advertisements (including Pocket), sponsorships, and other by-default telemetry, I would love to hear about it and would consider switching to such a distribution for that reason alone. (Not because I'm incapable of patching Firefox myself or using LibreWolf, but because this shows that the maintainers care and have the correct priorities.)