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I think what annoys me is that Mozilla (like many other companies) has co-opted the "social movement/political activist" aesthetic without actually engaging in
by xg15 4y ago
I think what annoys me is that Mozilla (like many other companies) has co-opted the "social movement/political activist" aesthetic without actually engaging in any activism.
Private browsing mode is a prime example of that. The current improvement is absolutely miniscule for the amount of bravado they perform around it - but even if you accept it's useful for some, you could ask why private browsing mode exist at all? If that mode had superior privacy protections, why not add those to the normal browsing mode?
I think by making tracking the default and having a special mode for when you really need privacy, they are sort of doing the opposite: Normalising that privacy is an exception.
- Spivak 4y ago> The current improvement is absolutely miniscule for the amount of bravado they perform around it. Welcome to marketing. This icon is a more visible change than 1000 closed PRs in the browser internals. It's Twitter fodder, and to get tech journalists to talk about Firefox.
- none_to_remain 4y agoThe main feature I expect from private browsing is that the browser history will not be saved, but in normal browsing I do want it saved
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago> If that mode had superior privacy protections, why not add those to the normal browsing mode? That would make their master mad. Everything that makes them mad gets taken away.
- sfink 4y ago> not add those to the normal browsing mode? Because it breaks a lot of web sites, and removes functionality that most people want for most of their usage? I want my browser remembering where I've been so it can suggest it to me when I want to get back to it. I especially prefer my browser remembering it rather than some server knowing it, or having to re-do searches which is less convenient and means I'm telling the search server what I'm up to.