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Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions (support.mozilla.org)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

People are going to complain no matter how they try to make money, but this should at least have been opt-in with clear consent. The alternative of course is being beholden to Google search referrals. They can't photosynthesize funds.

Vivaldi, Brave, and their stans are getting their pitchforks ready, forgetting that they don't have to do the hard work of developing an engine because Google already does that for them.

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

Vivaldi, Brave, and their stans are getting their pitchforks ready, forgetting that they don’t have to do the hard work of developing an engine because Google already does that for them.

I don't know about how Vivaldi works, but Brave stans can shut up. Their ad system is a hundred times worse than Mozilla's.

I mean, I don't like how they went about this either, but considering the alternative of a 100% Google dominated browser space, and the fact that you can just disable it and the base Firefox code is still open source, it's not a huge deal.

[+] [email protected] -4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I rarely use closed source software. My exceptions are

Windows
- Because I need to run
  - Photoshop
DuckDuckGo (actually good FOSS search engine when?)
Vivaldi

Vivaldi just works so wonderful. Once you use it you can't go back (Check out the in browser mail client). I really wish they were FOSS though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Vivaldi just works so wonderful. Once you use it you can’t go back (Check out the in browser mail client). I really wish they were FOSS though.

It doesn't matter to me how much better Vivaldi works over Firefox or even Base Chromium. TBH, this is just something I'm willing to sacrifice in the name of FLOSS. iPhones and Macs are amazingly user friendly too, but I still avoid them like the plague because of Apple's absolute hatred of FLOSS and especially Right to Repair.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

There is something seriously wrong with Mozilla leadership. They keep alienating the small privacy-focussed userbase they have left, and then act surprised when Firefox's marketshare keeps shrinking...

Baker needs to go and be replaced by someone who cares about Firefox long term viability instead of only caring about how many millions more they can add to their obscene salary while destroying Firefox and everything else that Mozilla built over the years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

yikes sweaty, mozilla's ceo is a proud bipoc trans woman. stop being so hateful

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

No one mentioned that, at all. Are you another troll account for @[email protected] ?