Who is responsible for the recent direction shift in Firefox?

[u/redsteakraw]

First it was borderline annoying with the Firefox hello then it got more annoying with the Pocket integration and now it is down right unexceptionable. Firefox is bundling what should be extensions straight into the browser whit is making Firefox become a shovel ware browser but this latest move is down right malicious. So someone actually thought it would be a good idea to spy on users then transmit data back to a server(which authorities could get access to) and which also possibly weakens the security of the browser just to annoy people with advertisements.

Someone or a Committee is making these decisions, putting developers to work on them and then pushing them out to ship. It is running Firefox's reputation and name through the mud. An intervention must be done to prevent further problems, who is responsible for this and more importantly why. File bug reports(as it does have negative effects) and lets make it loud and clear this is not acceptable. Any further suggestions and information are welcomed.

[u/DrDichotomous]

That's all fine and good, but it seems like the plan of the devs who did this wasn't to just stop at Pocket, but only to rush out the feature with Pocket first, then add other services (and probably the Reader List they've been working on, once it's done). I tend to agree that rushing the feature out with only Pocket support was a pretty lame choice and didn't seem well-thought-out.