Mozilla does not need more money than it already has. Ladybird has shown that you don't need a huge team to build a browser from scratch, so clearly Mozilla isn't spending all the money it gets from Google for development.
The point of telemetry is not to estimate the number of active users, and focusing on "telemetry" is the wrong bogeyman. Things like crash reports are telemetry, and are perfectly acceptable as long as the user remains in control over whether or not to send them. Software should respect user privacy and user control.
Of course, it’s also good to have the option to disable it.
Don't install it if you dont want it, that is where you choice lies. Telemetry inclusion is up to the author. Good ones will make it opt-in if it is truly necessary to include.
> Ladybird has shown that you don't need a huge team to build a browser from scratch
Ladybird has done no such thing.
Since I do my content filtering at the proxy level, all I want is just a browser .
the sky is blue
jasonvorhe•54m ago
Well, at least it's not the closing sentence.
Farmadupe•31m ago
* Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't
* Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't off [complete second clause]
* Firefox's Telemetry Isn't Off [remove negative clause]
* Firefox's Telemetry Is On [remove double negative]
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Admittedly I didn't read past the first two paragraphs, but I assume it is a several hundred word repetition of its tautologous title.