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What's really the big deal? It was sent out disabled. They didn't get payed for it. It's like if devs snuck in an Easter egg for their favorite show in a video game.

Everyone keeps calling this the "end if Mozilla" and all that, I think people are overreacting juuussstttt a bunch.

Chill out, put down your pitchforks, and keep the flag disabled.

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I'm a big a firefox fanboy as the next guy. But they didn't send it out disabled. I never opted into studies but the plugin was enabled on my browser. If mozilla wants to retain users who value privacy, they need to put their money where their mouth is and not sell them out for ARG $$.

I'm not the only one, and this apology doesn't admit to that. Therefore it's as good as, if not worse than, no apology. Definitely considering switching back to chrome.

>but the plugin was enabled on my browser.

proof?

The installed Looking Glass add-on was enabled, but it didn't do anything unless the user manually set an about:config flag to enable the add-on's functionality.

Maybe it was harmless, but the browser betrayed user trust.

Maybe they did something silly that had no real consequences, but the browser should face consequences.

Loss of trust is a very real consequence.

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