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To do a controlled introduction of the new link handling behavior, we need:
- a pref associated with it,
- have this pref exposed to Nimbus. 

Rationale: We want to introduce new external link handling behavior in the following way: 
- Offer the setting for everyone as an opt-in (off by default)  
- In parallel, launch an experiment, making it ON by default for new users,
- In case of no negative impact is detect, make new link handling behavior a new default for new users. 

We would still need to figure out how to offer/switch existing users to this behavior (messaging, else).
To do a controlled introduction of the new link handling behavior, we need:
- a pref associated with it,
- have this pref exposed to Nimbus via [Feature Manifest](https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/source/toolkit/components/nimbus/FeatureManifest.yaml). 

Rationale: We want to introduce new external link handling behavior in the following way: 
- Offer the setting for everyone as an opt-in (off by default)  
- In parallel, launch an experiment, making it ON by default for new users,
- In case of no negative impact is detect, make new link handling behavior a new default for new users. 

We would still need to figure out how to offer/switch existing users to this behavior (messaging, else).

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