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My browser is responsible to me, not advertisers so it should do what I want. If websites want my business they'll support my browser. Realistically browsers shouldn't matter because everyone should be implementing to standards not some random ass quirk of one particular browser, I thought everyone learned that lesson back in the 90s with IE. I literally don't care if advertisers throw a hissy fit because they no longer have access to everyone's personal details. The internet existed before ads infested it like the parasites they are and it will still exist after they're exterminated.
Advertisers are already tracking everyone. Firefox is providing another option to help preserve privacy. You still have the option to disable or block anything you want, Firefox hasn't taken that away. This doesn't effect you, it effects the average user who doesn't already block everything. I don't see how having a new option that helps preserve your privacy is a bad thing. The goal would be for this to catch on, and then eventually be able to prevent more personal tracking that occurs through cookies today. It would be a net benefit.
This take is so naive. You really think the advertisers will give up their current, rich sources of data for Mozilla's watered down crap? Given the current market share, no one is going to pay a premium for this little data. Or do you think the people that came up with everything creep.js does in order to track you will suddenly grow some ethics and stop doing that just because Mozilla is selling my data in aggregate? Not only is this a dumb idea that won't even work (like just about every other non-browser thing they have tried), but then they also felt selling my data was within their right.
Mozilla Corp was never entitled to my data to sell in aggregate or to stay in for-profit business.