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How does that make this ok?
Because it's normal in marketing. Most web servers log your whole IP yet people don't freak out about that.
Doesn't make it right.
Most web servers log your whole IP yet people don't freak out about that
Because people are unaware of that, or its implications.
If there's anything navigating "modern software" for a few years has taught me, it's that you should expect to be treated like the product and "herded", so the most encouraging option is usually the worst one for you, and the least encouraging option is usually the best. This anti-conditioning has become so strong for me that I remember recently being confused upon seeing a page with only a huge green Download button, thinking "this can't be the real one, it feels too fake and obvious" when it was actually the real one. I wonder how many others will be gradually conditioned by these dark patterns to do the exact opposite of their original sinister intentions.
But this Firefox one definitely takes the desire to confuse to new heights --- it's probably the first time I've seen "not now" as an opt-out, and I'd more instinctively go for the grey.
The dark pattern in one image: https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/10/07/suggest.jpg I and I think many others chose "Customize in settings" -- but the actual opt-out is that hard-to-see, third button in small print. We didn't "get opted-in automatically" -- it's this dialog we "opted in" with.
Does a serious alternative to Firefox exist? I mean an alternative that is what Firefox purports to be? I'm ready to make the switch. Been with Mozilla since Pheonix, but the user hostility has become too much.
Have you heard of Chrome. It's made by Google, the company behind the most popular search engine. It's fast and has lots of features. It's got pretty popular over the last several years. I recommend checking it out.
To privacy and functionality thow shalt count. Not to infunctionality, nor tracking.
Google is Right Out.
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Send a request to Google for all of your data. It won't be in there.
How do you know they don't feed it into an ML system before they delete it? That lets them "not save it" while reaping the benefits of saving it.