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I'm going to wager this is such a hyper-niche use case that the devs might genuinely not be aware of anybody doing this at all. Reminds me of the relevant XKCD, basically.
It's already acknowledged by the devs though, the feature should still/again be there soon, but it stays a nightly-only feature for the time being.
This is exactly why usage analytics are important metrics...
Yeah but everyone turns them off or blocks them, then wonders why seemingly Mozilla never considers their use case. You made it invisible to see that use case, what did you expect? 😂
Companies can have my data when they prove they have stopped repeatedly misusing it.
Until then they can fuck off.
Has Mozilla misused your data?
Well, 1. They've been accused such, if that's what you're asking,
This is also solved by extensions. (Link in other comment)
I highly doubt that. Why else would this feature exist? To me this features purpose seems explicitly to open a tab with persistent cookies.
I meant not that the situation couldn't come up at all, but that someone uses it as their normal way of browsing.
I also doubt that, as this is a feature inherited from Firefox Focus, to open links in private tabs by default.