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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 77 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm on the "OK but keep an eye on it" train, here.

Devs need feedback to know how people are using the product, and opt-out tracking is the best way to do it. In this case, it seems like my personal data is completely unidentifiable.

I was coding in the IE6 era, so I'd really prefer to not end up in a browser engine monoculture again.

[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't need freaking suggestions from the browser, that's the job of the search engine of my choice.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

most search engines don't keep anonymous search data so that's what firefox is trying to fix.

[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 6 months ago

You're right, i tend to forget the majority uses Google as the default

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I want freaking suggestions from the browser though, in a way that respects my privacy

[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe switch to a search engine respecting it.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use Kagi and DuckDuckGo, but some users may still be on Google.

[–] Reawake9179@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I like that the option is there, don't be an elitist.