Re:Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox
by floatingatoll on Saturday May 04, 2019 @09:35PM
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It seems like your objection to the Normandy system is that the UX surrounding it includes the word “Studies”. I am grateful they chose in this instance to prioritize repairing addons worldwide over the confusion that word has caused you and potentially others. I assume, having seen this and other such comments delivered with outrage rather than thankfulness today, that they will re-evaluate the UX surrounding the Normandy system to ensure that it more clearly designates non-study changes as such.
It's not about designation, it's about control. If Mozilla really cares about trust, they shouldn't mix their update delivery system, which should care for timely security-related material, with general telemetry, data-gathering, and experiments.
I use FF because I care about principles. Otherwise I might as well just let myself be exploited by Google, MS, Apple and friends.
Re:Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox
by floatingatoll on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:11PM
(#19830676)
Ah, you object to Normandy’s design in some manner. That’s being hashed out in today’s Normandy thread, and if you haven’t already read that link you’ll definitely want to:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19825830
(While of course you’re welcome to continue pursuing your issues with it here, your opinions will receive more views there.)
No, it's not. "Studies" is not a security-related mechanism and it didn't exist in the past, when fixes were rolled out very quickly anyway for security reasons. "Studies" should not be relied on to be a fix-delivery mechanism, because it just isn't.
This is not even about privacy, it's simple good engineering sense.