Firefox is on a slippery slope
Most of us are on flights today, hence the slow response, but I want to clarify two things:<p>1. The study is not &quot;still active and ongoing.&quot; It was pulled yesterday after the backlash, though that may take up to 24 hours to propagate: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;after-blowback-firefox-will-move-mr-robot-extension-t-1821354314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;after-blowback-firefox-will-move-mr-robo...</a><p>2. Even when &quot;enabled&quot; in the add-on manager, the add-on was <i>completely inert</i> unless a user <i>also</i> manually dove into about:config and specifically enabled a flag related to the add-on. Without taking that deliberate action, it didn&#x27;t do <i>anything</i> but watch that flag. No headers, no word inversions, etc.<p>If you&#x27;d like to verify my claims, the source lives at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mozilla&#x2F;addon-wr" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;mozilla&#x2F;addon-wr</a>, and initialization is controlled by addon&#x2F;bootstrap.js.<p>This doesn&#x27;t excuse our actions, but I hope it adds some context.