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

I'm afraid it won't last long without it. That's the key problem.

People hate ads, as do I, but what's the alternative?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Pay executives less. Focus on grants and PBS-style 'underwriting'. Subscription services like email and VPN.

Getting into advertising is just jumping into an intractable conflict of interest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No ads?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

People need money mate. Not everyone can afford to run a website.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ideas:

donations - these need to actually go toward Firefox development, they don't, so I don't donate
paid services (e.g. their white-labeled VPN, they could also white-label Tuta or Proton services)
and add-on that pays sites to not see ads (my preference)
funding of privacy-oriented startups - they have something like this, so do more of it