There was also a while back when they added a new "opt-out" setting for their new tab page ads, defaulting it to accepting the ads without looking at past similar settings.
Seems to me like an honest mistake that was quickly corrected, and Eich taking full responsability and showing face is worth a lot for me.
Regarding your last article, is just a shallow sensationalist piece, take a look at the "whitelisted" domains the mention, they are places where Facebook and Twitter store their content (photos, videos, etc...) if you block that you cripple those sites, so they decided to let them go through. They even acknowledge at the end that Firefox is doing a similar thing. It makes sense to me, honestly.
Sorry dude, your hand-waving arguments are futile against people who actually reason things out.
About the Verge's piece, this is Eich's reponse: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269317625915400192
Seems to me like an honest mistake that was quickly corrected, and Eich taking full responsability and showing face is worth a lot for me.
Regarding your last article, is just a shallow sensationalist piece, take a look at the "whitelisted" domains the mention, they are places where Facebook and Twitter store their content (photos, videos, etc...) if you block that you cripple those sites, so they decided to let them go through. They even acknowledge at the end that Firefox is doing a similar thing. It makes sense to me, honestly.
Sorry dude, your hand-waving arguments are futile against people who actually reason things out.