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Re:Firefox Profilemaker on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:06PM (#18595332)
I'd also like to point out how many times "this might void your warranty" appears on the following page.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...

which is a perfectly reasonable and legitimate user request that, the browser not talk to the internet before the user agrees it may.

Re:Firefox Profilemaker on Monday December 03, 2018 @08:46PM (#18595149)
I feel a strong need to point out the bad faith Mozilla seem to have for Firefox users and their privacy, eg Pocket, Mr Robot, DRM & binary blobs, dark pattern configs, etc.

As much as I loved the browser in the past, nobody should consider running it today, without being informed of the implications. The ffprofile.com site is something I have been waiting for, but stuff like this should not be necessary and IMO Mozilla Corp. has won. Nobody celebrates a new version of FF anymore.

Also useful resources: https://github.com/amq/firefox-debloat https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making... https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/firefox.html https://browserleaks.com/ https://www.howsmyssl.com/