I’ve reread the comment and its edit now numerous times to try and find the tone. To me, they just sound motivational, seriously. Like, “go look at the facts 👏🧠, don’t be defeatist! 💪 Letsfuckinggooo”. Maybe I have the completely wrong vibe. I don’t know.

Up until recently, Labs did not force anyone to submit data to use it.

Alright, well, it makes sense that they would finally require it, otherwise there’s probably not enough data. Data driven design choices can often be beneficial.

With your logic, Firefox can also force people to submit data if they use the browser.

That doesn’t seem familiar to my logic — no. There’s a difference between opting into using beta features and using the finished, ready, and released feature in the final product. Those are fundamentally different, philosophically, to me. One is expected not to have telemetry, and one makes sense that you would help out and provide non-identifiable usage data to help make the product better.

🤷‍♂️ Right? That’s my take anyway.

That the new pw?

Right, fair enough I guess. I just can’t see where exactly the dickishness lies. I don’t see a “tone” anywhere.

When I went to Interaction Design class at University? Part of my Master of Science in Interaction Design and Technology programme. One of the very basic things we learned. 🤷‍♂️ Can’t really tell you which year it was, sorry. But it was sometime in the 2010s.

Anyway, the reason is to ensure that the functionality works as expected for the user as well as the designer and developers. It’s just good practice. Nothing personal should be collected. Just usage data, of course.

Remember, again, this is as far as I know just for features that are in beta (the “Labs” part, right?), and being a part of Firefox Labs is opt-in. If you opt-in, you accept these terms, surely.

I finally bought a blasting new computer to play Horizon Forbidden West! It’s so beautiful. Haven’t even gotten through the tutorial yet and it’s surpassed Zero Dawn already in terms of environment.

This newly mandatory data collection to use certain Firefox features…

But it’s Firefox Labs, this is to test features before they’re ready. If you want to participate in that, you’re doing it to help Mozilla with Firefox, and it should thus be imperative that you also help with usage data as well. It just makes sense. Nothing to do with preference.

Do we have the source code for the server?

I don’t know maybe? Does it matter? You should be able to inspect what telemetry data Firefox sends with a traffic sniffer of some kind.

perhaps you can refrain from extrapolating these preferences onto Mozilla’s poor behavior.

You’re stating as if it’s a fact that it’s “poor behavior”. I disagree. I think it’s subjective. I trust that they collect non-personal data. But of course I don’t know for sure because I haven’t investigated it personally. For me though, the trust is enough in this instance.

Did you just enter your password on here?

Would that be more or less, do you think?

Hahaha WHAT? You’re a liar for saying I’m a sexist and for saying I said those things in DMs. Post whatever evidence you want, you asshole. I dare you.

Do you also go around saying men raped you when they didn’t?

God, I was hoping I wouldn’t run into people like this here on Lemmy. I thought Lemmy would be different.

At least it took over a year or two until I ran into one again. That’s to Lemmy’s credit.

Ah, I see you already got it. 😄👍

Why are you dividing by 3?

I’m not the one who made the “dick” comment…

I’m not trying to convince anyone of something.

You’re saying they should change their tone. 🤷‍♂️ Meh. Whatever you say.

If you’ve ever worked in software development, you know that information about how your users use your software is paramount to its success.

The title of the article is extrapolating and rephrasing the statement that Firefox and Mozilla are moving away from the “spirit” of open source. That’s completely different from actually moving away from open source. It’s deliberate click baiting, sensationalism, and flame instigation.

They have now updated the top of their article to reflect the negative backlash.

I am fine with helping Mozilla collect useful data. But I’m also not interested in testing new features before they’re ready, so I’m doubly unaffected by this. 🤷‍♂️ I’m usually very privacy conscious, but this is Mozilla, and I trust them. It’s all about trust for me. If it’s not for you, then so be it. Then this is warranted FUD.

Sesterius “A loaf of bread cost roughly half a sestertius”, where bread now costs about 3 USD, so that’s ~ 24 million USD

Could you explain this math? If 0.5 Sestertius = 3 USD, we have a factor of 6. So then 35,863,120 Serterces should be 215,178,720 USD? What am I missing?

This is just FUD mongering.

Same bro. I’m dread fatigued.

Hooooly fffffuuuuuuu—

[you’re] kinda acting like a dick

I really don’t see it. I see only advice trying to help them get a healthier point of view. 🤷‍♂️

Change your tone and you might get a better reception.

This has literally the same vibe.

Sounds like personal beef.