I’ve seen some folks trying to explain it away and compare the Normandy preference system to standard auto-updates, acting like this is no problem if you already trust them for auto-updates.
Flat wrong. This is a dark pattern by Mozilla pure & simple. It’s confusing, hard to disable fully, and clearly can be abused for non-experiment modifications to the user’s settings.
Mozilla has gone full "helicopter parent" mode, and will do whatever they can to keep you safe from yourself despite your wishes. Use GNU icecat instead. It has all that junk turned off.
I’ve seen some folks trying to explain it away and compare the Normandy preference system to standard auto-updates, acting like this is no problem if you already trust them for auto-updates.
Flat wrong. This is a dark pattern by Mozilla pure & simple. It’s confusing, hard to disable fully, and clearly can be abused for non-experiment modifications to the user’s settings.