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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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[–] tux0r@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can easily turn them off in settings

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Opt-out can never be the right answer.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week 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)

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week 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

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Other engines exist.