Firefox app on android. Never seen this before until today. But Firefox is now putting ads in the app?
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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While I get the sentiment, I think you are missing the two pieces here. One is that advertising is not the only method of monetization which can support something like Firefox. The second is that advertising is by it's nature influence. Both in influence over the purchaser and reader. It's an influence we should not approve of in both cases, without better boundaries.
Oh, do enlighten me. How should they get som money otherwise?
I think Mozilla loathe ads as much as you and I... But do enlighten os, how can they earn enough money otherwise?