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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] 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.