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  As I mentioned in #1107: we will not be 
  removing analytics support entirely. It 
  is extremely useful to us and we have 
  already weighed the cost/benefit of 
  using tracking.

https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/1107

Ew. Firefox, I am ashamed to know you.

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That bugged me a lot too. The weight of the cost of user privacy should be infinite so, unless they found an infinite benefit, the choice should have been clear.

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"Which browser should I use"

https://www.brave.com

Will take a look, thanks, first time I've heard of brave.

Pale Moon

okay, finally bit the bullet and blocked it in hosts file.

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