No one seem to have outlined this point of view, so here it is: This feature is supposed to replaced the current tracking methods for advertising purposes – an

No one seem to have outlined this point of view, so here it is: This feature is supposed to replaced the current tracking methods for advertising purposes – and is better (or less worse) from a privacy point of view. It is currently on by default to ensure there is enough testers. If the test is not successful, the plan is to remove this feature again. There is a long term benefit for everyone if this is adopted. Let’s not forget how Google is clawing onto third party cookies, etc., and put Firefox’s position in relation to this. It does leave a lot of critic points open though: * enabling it by default is really putting a negative light on it. I understand that if it’s disabled by default, no one will allow it and the test will fail due to lack of data points, there is simply no good solution here I can think of. * will advertising companies really renounce the other tracking methods if this method proves useful for them or will it become just one more tool on their belt? As usual, the worse part if all of this really is Mozilla’s communication, they could have done much better. How could they imagine for a second it wouldn’t become a shitstorm, I wonder…