Posted October 12, 2021
Address bars already forced users urls into search engines and now mozilla wants in on the action with a new update.
Some people are mentioning that it's not that bad and they are catching up with other search engine stealing privacy through
web browsers while others disagree.
We also have complaints about the settings being misleading.
Some people are mentioning that it's not that bad and they are catching up with other search engine stealing privacy through
web browsers while others disagree.
We also have complaints about the settings being misleading.
I'm sure Firefox developers read Hacker News, so I'm going to talk here.
I have "Provide Search Suggestions" disabled. All 3 of the options underneath them are disabled, because search suggestions are disabled. This makes sense.
THEN, I click "change settings for other address bar suggestions" and in *THERE* everything is in there, INCLUDING "Contextual suggestions".
What do you think the first disabling of suggestions meant? You're searching without my consent. If I would have consented, it would have been in that first check box. What are you guys doing? What happened to the Firefox I trust and choose over Google to avoid the monoculture?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28804588I have "Provide Search Suggestions" disabled. All 3 of the options underneath them are disabled, because search suggestions are disabled. This makes sense.
THEN, I click "change settings for other address bar suggestions" and in *THERE* everything is in there, INCLUDING "Contextual suggestions".
What do you think the first disabling of suggestions meant? You're searching without my consent. If I would have consented, it would have been in that first check box. What are you guys doing? What happened to the Firefox I trust and choose over Google to avoid the monoculture?