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After I recently updated from FF 70.0.1 to 71, I was then transferred to a webpage giving info. about getting an “account” with Firefox. They show some things that look like they may be use.
Here’s the link I got: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/71.0/whatsnew/all/?oldversion=70.0.1
I’m just wondering what the pros and cons are to having this, and if anyone has it.
You can synchronise your add-ons, history, favourites and passwords across multiple devices, though I think this may be a dubious benefit. I find it especially intrusive when my FF on my iPhone pops up with stuff that I was browsing on my desktop in unrelated circumstances.
Dell E5570 Latitude, Intel Core i5 6440@2.60 GHz, 8.00 GB - Win 10 Pro
Back in 2017 I signed up for a support.mozilla.org account. I did this to ask/post questions in their forums. I didn’t use it often and when I went back recently and logged in, I was redirected to a new login page. It was to change my support account to a Firefox account.
I have read what the account offered but there was nothing I wanted to use. I’m not a “cloud” person for instance, but that’s me.
The Firefox browser as a stand alone App does what I want it to do, sans a few extensions/add-ons that I now use Waterfox for when needed.
ymmv
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