I wouldn't use those words. I would replace that with "when the backlash is large enough"
Also I read several comments in that thread about how all of that feedback was pointless because the "vast majority of users don't care."
This type of comments always come up after anything a bad company does. You don't need the majority of users to force a change. In fact no movement ever starts with a majority.
That said, Google can no longer be trusted not to screw over Chrome users in the future. Trying to track users this aggressively and then only backing down after a large backlash doesn't really tell me that Google will be playing nice from now on.
I wouldn't use those words. I would replace that with "when the backlash is large enough"
Also I read several comments in that thread about how all of that feedback was pointless because the "vast majority of users don't care."
This type of comments always come up after anything a bad company does. You don't need the majority of users to force a change. In fact no movement ever starts with a majority.
That said, Google can no longer be trusted not to screw over Chrome users in the future. Trying to track users this aggressively and then only backing down after a large backlash doesn't really tell me that Google will be playing nice from now on.