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To disable it in about:config

browser.search.serpEventTelemetry.enabled  =  false	
browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.enabled  =  false
  • brisk
    37·
    7 months ago

    There is an actually moral alternative to opt-out that doesn’t have the poor-sampling problem of opt-in: ask for consent explicitly.

    • joojmachine@lemmy.ml
      56·
      7 months ago

      It’s the ideal solution morally-wise, but it still samples out a ton of users precisely because people are used to the idea of telemetry = bad

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        191·
        7 months ago

        did-someone

        I wonder why users would have such a bias, other than their experience over the last 25 years.
        I’m a developer. I side with the users on this.

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        14·
        7 months ago

        It’s the ideal solution morally-wise, but it still samples out a ton of users precisely because people are used to the idea of telemetry = bad

        And that’s a good thing. Because that is the decision by the user. The freedom of choosing in opt in fashion is much more important than collecting some individual data for a specific use case of a specific company. Opt in is not just ideal solution morally-wise, its the best solution we have in general and every company should strife this solution. Plus the data should be presented before sending, so there is no ambiguity. Steam, a closed source program, does that in the best possible way.