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I wondered what that `Hearbeat` thing was so for once I checked the release notes and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat#Experience_Flow

> Every day a random subset of users are offered a rating widget

> After rating Firefox, an ENGAGEMENT page may open in a background tab.

That's... not the phoenix I signed up for.

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Even when it was Phoenix, the branding or whatever you want to call it was to focus on users. Compared to Mozilla/Navigator that meant stripping out a whole lot of stuff, but an effort to find out what their broader set of users want is not incompatible with the original mission.

(I'm sure I'll toggle this off)

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