> (all consuming memory, collecting personal data, etc.)
the integration does not collect personal data until the user opts in, and it does not consume memory beyond loading the image from disk until the user opts in.
meanwhile, that search bar up at the top is an integrated browser function (not even an add-on) that sends personal data to a 3rd party, closed source server.
> please explain why it is so difficult to remove
you remove it just like every other thing in your toolbar: click the menu button, drag it off of the toolbar.
> Mozilla has now begun changing the default
like when they added bookmarks, search, download menu, spaces, and countless other functions? that's literally what browser vendors do.
> like when they added bookmarks, search, download menu, spaces, and countless other functions? that's literally what browser vendors do.
All of those features either work offline or use Mozilla's own services as opposed to third party services.
The only exception I can think of at the moment is search which should also be provided through add-ons in my opinion because I don't use it - I go directly to Google website and search there.
the integration does not collect personal data until the user opts in, and it does not consume memory beyond loading the image from disk until the user opts in.
meanwhile, that search bar up at the top is an integrated browser function (not even an add-on) that sends personal data to a 3rd party, closed source server.
> please explain why it is so difficult to remove
you remove it just like every other thing in your toolbar: click the menu button, drag it off of the toolbar.
> Mozilla has now begun changing the default
like when they added bookmarks, search, download menu, spaces, and countless other functions? that's literally what browser vendors do.