How to enable Firefox Studies?

[SIVAH-AKASH]

I understand some Firefox features like Firefox Studies were removed for privacy purposes. But is it possible to enable them? The "about:config" page currently doesn't allow those preferences to be edited.

PS: I am also interested in enabling telemetry and crash reporting to Firefox as well as I am using Zen mostly for the UI customization and don't mind sending some data back to Firefox to help improve the browser.

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To enable Firefox Studies, telemetry, and crash reporting in the Zen browser, you would need to modify certain preferences in the codebase, as these settings are locked and cannot be changed via the "about:config" page.

For Firefox Studies, the relevant preferences are:

pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false, locked);
pref("app.normandy.enabled", false, locked);

For telemetry and crash reporting, the preferences include:

datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled: false
datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.unified: false
toolkit.telemetry.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.server: "data:,"
toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out: true
toolkit.coverage.opt-out: true
toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base: ""
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry: false
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry: false
browser.ping-centre.telemetry: false
browser.attribution.enabled: false
toolkit.telemetry.pioneer-new-studies-available: false

To enable these features, you would need to change the values from false to true and remove the locked status in the codebase. This requires modifying the source code directly and recompiling the browser. Keep in mind that this process involves technical expertise and understanding of the codebase ^[1].

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