Literally every browser has this option, and it gives users a choice. If you use an ad blocker, it has this option as well and has had it for several years now.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
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Not this option, but generally I agree. Currently I don't think this is bad, and in the longer term we will see if this leaks any identifyable data.
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So.... finally Mozilla has slowly but surely going into the dark side huh...
I'm not surprised anymore, they even had telemetry code inside android apps from waaay back then (although seems for debugging purpose)
In the end I'm not justify all company bc they need money for survive & exist, although i don't like the way they do it
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What’s the behavior before this option was added? Would websites track you or not?
They definitely didn't just stop tracking you because this option exists.