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Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market" (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Did I miss something? I don't think the browser is going to be full of ads?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Mozilla actually has (had?) ads in Firefox, right on its default start page.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Right and that has existed long before today. And I can't find anything in this article suggesting that the start page, or anywhere else, is going to be reallocated towards new ads which is what it sounds like the commenter above me was suggesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can easily turn them off in settings

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Opt-out can never be the right answer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Would you prefer Mozilla to not exist? They're trying to find revenue streams other than the money they get from Google.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I would prefer Mozilla to ask. Some options:

on first install, pick your poison - donate, accept ads, or accept negative karma
pay to remove ads on a page - you'd pay into a bucket, and payments to remove ads would subtract from that
more optional, revenue-generating services (e.g. push their VPN harder)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The current incarnation of Mozilla would not be any meaningful loss to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well it would to everyone who relies on Mozilla for making the only current alternative engine to chromium. Mozilla dying would harm its forks, too, and finally give chromium a total monopoly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Other engines exist.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Not that they've announced yet, I just meant more broadly I am very sick of advertising and adverts

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Realistically, I don't think so either. Pessimistically, I give it until Jan 1st, 2030.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Your pessimism is more optimistic than my optimism