I think of how people actually use a product, which is usually not with all 
recommendations applied. There's good reason for using Tor even with an 
ordinary OS and Tor Project supports use with Windows and MacOS as well as 
Linux and Android, with Linux not limited to Tails 
(https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) or Whonix. I use 
Linux. I want an OS that runs on my hard drive so I can set/modify it more 
easily and I'm not sure abouot using an OS within an OS for a rare purpose. 
Probably many users add Tor to their existing OS for some of the benefits of 
Tor.

> [T]his . . . [i]s . . . about Tor browser, which is just (heavily) modified 
> Firefox.
Exactly why the focus here.
> I'm guessing that it's impossible to guarantee what some code will or won't 
> leave behind when it crashes.
I guess we can call it a crash but it looks like a normal shutdown. Shutdown 
normally limits time available to an app for self-clean-up. So, data persists.
It'll be good enough to correct the UI so it reflects what the program does. 
So, if Tor on most OSes keeps data, the UI should not say Never Remember 
History. Maybe it should say Never Remember New History. That's what Firefox 
needs and apparently Tor has the same relevant architecture so probably that's 
what Tor needs, too.
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