Does "No Surprises" mean I won't find unwanted Firefox extensions pre-installed by Mozilla that are impossible to remove and only serve to reduce privacy by opening up new unwanted avenues to access my input and broadcast it over third party non-mozilla private networks? Shouldn't I at least be able to opt-out of a private video service running on a third party server that I have no terms of use or privacy policy covering?<p>"All changes must be ‘opt-in’, meaning the user must take non-default action to enact the change."<p>Right, just like I "opt-ed" in to Firefox Hello.<p>I can't even "opt out" of Firefox Hello!<p>"Uninstalling the add-on restores the user’s original settings if they were changed.<p>I wish. Just goes to show that they're pushing an uneven playing field where Firefox Extensions are auto-installed, can't be removed, and can break all the rules. But hey, at least everyone ELSE can't break all the rules.<p>Funny that they won't even apply this philosophy to their own products and services that they are forcing into user installations without an opt-in or opt-out.
I consider the way they hid the "block third party cookies" option a surprise.
Mozilla is so dependent on Google and other companies' money, they can't be completely trusted to offer the best privacy out of the box.<p>The fact that Safari has 3rd party cookies disabled by default whereas Firefox hasn't... is both telling and sad.
Might be better to change the link to the official policy: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Reviews#section-defaults" rel="nofollow">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Revie...</a>
This derogatory treatment of Mozilla by hivemind consensus emerging from opinions of a vocal minority is a curious phenomena and a indicator of the increasing ideological rift in open source community. It can be roughly summarized as a conflict between deontological and consequentialist ethics. User privacy, "meritocracy", freedom from DRM/EME, etc above all else vs strategical trade-offs that strengthen competitive positions against Chrome, Edge and Safari.