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> Tracking scripts should be blocked by default, not just delayed.

There is in fact a preference to do that: Settings -> Privacy -> Tracking Protection, set to always.

It breaks some reasonably popular sites, which is why it's not on by default across the board right now.

Yes, there's an option to enable blocking. I think it should be the other way around, which was kind of my whole point. That's the only way to encourage site owners to stop designing sites that break when they can't spy on users.

If the tracking protection thing were being created before the sites, I agree.

As things stand, it's a hard sell to have a browser do something that breaks sites that used to work. Most users tend to not be happy about it. This is definitely an area worth pushing on; the question is how best to do it.

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