[hypeatei]

> Can we not just have something that works without spying, without engagement-driven shit switched on all the fucking time?

Absolutely not! Making someone opt-in (the horror!) would result in too much confusion and support tickets! We can't ignore those tickets and tell people to figure it out, we have to cave and turn all the bullshit on by default.

I think a lot of our problems can be explained by: corporations lacking a spine and people unwilling to learn about the computer they use everyday. It's basically unacceptable to not know how to change a tire if you own a car but clicking through some browser settings is too hard, I guess.

[Sabinus]

Expecting everyone to learn a lot about Firefox to turn on features they want is a lot more of a burden on the users than expecting opinionated power users to remove features they don't want.