Nemeski@mander.xyz to Firefox@fedia.io · 10 days agoBetter search suggestions in Firefoxblog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoIt reads to me like the idea is to avoid sending data to search engines?
minus-squarexyro@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoThey want to send more data, but spent time to reduce the privacy impact with this feature. Data is still going somewhere that is not my computer and Mozilla is trying to force it as the new norm. Not a needed feature nor a requested one
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoLiterally every other browser does this, and it’s a useful feature the vast majority of people. Assuming the user is fine with sending data to the search engine they’re using to make the search is a pretty safe assumption.
It reads to me like the idea is to avoid sending data to search engines?
They want to send more data, but spent time to reduce the privacy impact with this feature. Data is still going somewhere that is not my computer and Mozilla is trying to force it as the new norm. Not a needed feature nor a requested one
Literally every other browser does this, and it’s a useful feature the vast majority of people.
Assuming the user is fine with sending data to the search engine they’re using to make the search is a pretty safe assumption.