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by kuschku 3010 days ago
> the most bizarre way

Installing via PPA is much more common and trusted than installing a random binary from a random website.

> to add this little line for clarification.

That’s too late anyway, from May 8 on the GDPR comes into force, and then this will require explicit opt-in from the user, and the rest of the software has to continue working even if the user does not explicitly opt-in.

So, I’ll just wait for that. Also waiting for the day that the analytics on about:addons becomes explicitly opt-in, instead of being connected to the DNT setting.