Comment by abbenm@lemmy.ml on Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"

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Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world

6 points

3 months ago

Not that they’ve announced yet, I just meant more broadly I am very sick of advertising and adverts

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rhabarba@feddit.org

15 points

3 months ago

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

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Furball@sh.itjust.works

3 points

3 months ago

You can easily turn them off in settings

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rhabarba@feddit.org

11 points

3 months ago

Opt-out can never be the right answer.

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dan@upvote.au

3 points

3 months ago

Would you prefer Mozilla to not exist? They’re trying to find revenue streams other than the money they get from Google.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works

2 points

3 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)

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rhabarba@feddit.org

2 points

3 months ago

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

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Furball@sh.itjust.works

1 point

3 months ago

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

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9 points

3 months ago

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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.

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AGuyAcrossTheInternet@fedia.io

5 points

3 months ago

Realistically, I don’t think so either. Pessimistically, I give it until Jan 1st, 2030.

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