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I think it's worth approaching this with an open mind and giving Firefox at least a little bit of the benefit of the doubt. It's pretty plain to see how such aggregate usage data would lead to a better product for everyone.

How many people here use website/app analytics to improve products they work on?



It's pretty plain to see how such aggregate usage data would lead to a better product for everyone.

No, it is not. Especially not for something such as a browser which is mostly transparent to the content.


Browser performance is very closely tied to specifics of the content. That's why optimizing for e.g. JS benchmarks doesn't always result in a browser that feels any faster.


I can't think of a statement more vague than that.

Or why any external data would be needed at all, let alone why the opt-in data would not be sufficient?


Here's an example from Google. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8495939




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