None of that happens in the current Firefox releases.
Re:Disable Google Chrome Sign In and Sync
by nadont8 on Monday September 24, 2018 @10:30AM
(#18057970)
That's a lie. You are still shown Pocket ads and AMO still uses Google Analytics which cannot be blocked (extensions cannot run on addons.mozilla.org).
About the rest: true, it's in the recent past, but Mozilla love to shoot themselves in the foot, so they will keep doing that kind of stuff.
Re:Disable Google Chrome Sign In and Sync
by hvis on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:02PM
(#18088644)
I don't see any Pocket ads.
As for analytics, they need to use something. And disallowing extensions to run on addons.mozilla.org is a solid technical decision.
> but Mozilla love to shoot themselves in the foot
As opposed to some other influential tech company which always does the right thing?
Re:Disable Google Chrome Sign In and Sync
by teddyfrozevelt on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:28PM
(#18061615)
An addon that is not enabled by default, doesn't reference what it's supposed to be "advertising", and will only do anything once going to a specific page after it's already been enabled doesn't seem like a very good advertisement.
I mean, if you're okay with Pocket showing you ads in your home page, your browsing data being sent to Cliqz, addons that publicise the "Mr Robot" TV show being installed without your consent, Mozilla pages that use Google Analytics scripts that cannot be blocked, then Firefox is a solid choice.