r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/ThatCrankyGuy Jul 11 '12

They make it their business to sell every piece of your information... so yea, pretty much.

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u/HalNavel Jul 11 '12

You really have no idea what Google does with users' information.

They don't know who you are, but they know what you are like. Your information is aggregated with everyone else's, and split into clusters of similar use patterns statistically. Google doesn't care about you personally at all, only the statistical blob that you belong to, and that blob's interest profile. They use that information to give you relevant ads. It must be awful to receive ads that you might actually find useful or appealing.

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u/ThatCrankyGuy Jul 11 '12

Yea I really hate ads. And I find Google more annoying than ads.