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WALL_E
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I Would Opt In

I don't understand how people here are assuming the right to free, supported and maintained software like Firefox. Of course they need some revenue in order to keep the operation afloat. If you don't like it:
(1) opt-out
(2) use a forked project (K-Meleon, Camino, Seamonkey...)
(3) BUY (gasp!) a product that doesn't need to find alternative sources of revenue (Opera)
(4) stat worrying about much bigger issues than anonymous usage data. I don't see how this is any worse than the "threat" posed by cookies.
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A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle.
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Mele20
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Hilo, HI
said by WALL_E See Profile :

I don't understand how people here are assuming the right to free, supported and maintained software like Firefox. Of course they need some revenue in order to keep the operation afloat. If you don't like it:
(1) opt-out
(2) use a forked project (K-Meleon, Camino, Seamonkey...)
(3) BUY (gasp!) a product that doesn't need to find alternative sources of revenue (Opera)
(4) stat worrying about much bigger issues than anonymous usage data. I don't see how this is any worse than the "threat" posed by cookies.
1. It is supposed to be opt-IN.
2. They will do with those also.
3. I'd be happy to buy Fx to stop this why wouldn't you?
4. Ha! I bet you have no idea what your browser is really doing regarding cookies. Very soon you will be able to test your browsers and you'll learn about Fx third party cookie leakage. Further who said anything about "anonymous"? You know what Charter has just done, well, this is very similar (snooping by your browser instead of by your ISP) and it is not anonymous.
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"The same ferocity that our founders devoted to protect the freedom and independence of the press is now appropriate for our defense of the freedom of the internet. The stakes are the same: the survival of our Republic". Al Gore, The Assault on Reason
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