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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] 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wow, utterly shocked that a company with a shit CEO that takes most of its money from Google would have these viewpoints.

I'm sure it is completely coincidental that ublock is about to die as well.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I think the bigger issue is them potentially losing their Google income.

They've failed to diversify their income with a bunch of failed subscription services, Google is in hot waters because of anti-competitive behaviour; they're going to need something.

Which isn't to say I like it. But "this is happening because they take Google money" is parroted beneath every slightly negative thing Mozilla does.

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

I'm sure it is completely coincidental that ublock is about to die as well.

wtf are you talking about?

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

Not in Firefox specifically, but many chromium based browsers are about to lose access to the original ublock. I've been planning on switching to Firefox when this goes through for a while now.

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

the original ublock.

You mean the original uBlock Origin. The original uBlock has been gone for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry, you are correct - I meant uBlock Origin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought they have lost that a few months ago. Firefox though claimed that

they will keep Mv2 support for some time
their version of Mv3 will keep the superior network filtering API

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm using Vivaldi, it is supporting v2 until next June or something I believe