Archived Mozilla: Ad on Firefox's new tab page was just another experiment (archive.vn)
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Archived Mozilla: Ad on Firefox's new tab page was just another experiment (archive.vn)
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[–] skidmark-steve 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Whenever other companies get caught doing shit that they shouldn't be doing, they downplay it by claiming it was just a bug.
Whenever Mozilla gets caught doing shit they shouldn't be doing (hello silent Mr. Robot extension installs!), they downplay it by calling it an experiment. "All criticism of our behavior should just be dismissed, because it was only an experiment."
And BTW, when did it become okay to start running random "experiments" on users' computing environments? The option that enabled e.g. the Mr Robot extension install was enabled by default. That means they're using their every day users as testers, much like the way someone is opting in to testing unstable software when they hit "check for updates" in Windows 10. Such is the design ethic (or lack there of) with mainstream software today.