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Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#11

Post by ffpip »

bartvk wrote: post #3

I really like this step, but I think this limitation is quite a shame: "You (or your company) must be based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, or Singapore, because once the pilot ends, we can only accept payment from these countries" I've got two extensions which I'm really fond of: "I don't care about cookies" (1), and its paid version "No thanks" (2). The creator, D…

FYI, you don't need another extension for the 'Don't care about cookies'

Go to the home page and click the 'AdBlock Plus' link to add to uBlock Origin - https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

1 less addon with access to all sites you visit.

To remove cookie banners permanently on lesser known sites, follow this 30 second guide by the dev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvCGWwQr5o

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#12

Post by colejohnson66 »

1024core wrote: post #9

Mozilla makes a gazillion dollars from Google for being the default search engine. They get free labor from volunteers all over the world, being OSS and all that. So what do they need extra money for??

Because a single source of income (Google) isn’t smart for anyone. And the more money is involved (in this case, a gazillion), the worse it is to do so. What if Google just one day decides to not renew their contract? Mozilla’ll be out a gazillion dollars a year.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#14

Post by ffpip »

More extensions need to be reviewed. This seems like a good way to do it. I only install recommended or community promoted addons, since I am not capable of reviewing the code.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#15

Post by lukaa »

ffpip wrote: post #11
bartvk wrote: post #3

I really like this step, but I think this limitation is quite a shame: "You (or your company) must be based in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, or Singapore, because once the pilot ends, we can only accept payment from these countries" I've got two extensions which I'm really fond of: "I don't care about cookies" (1), and its paid version "No thanks" (2). The creator, D…

FYI, you don't need another extension for the 'Don't care about cookies' Go to the home page and click the 'AdBlock Plus' link to add to uBlock Origin - https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ 1 less addon with access to all sites you visit. To remove cookie banners permanently on lesser known sites, follow this 30 second guide by the dev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvCGWwQr5o

Yes, this addon looks like repackaging and selling someone others open source work. I'm really not sorry for that author.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#16

Post by ChrisSD »

1024core wrote: post #9

Mozilla makes a gazillion dollars from Google for being the default search engine. They get free labor from volunteers all over the world, being OSS and all that. So what do they need extra money for??

Mozilla gets a few hundred million from Google. This may sound like a lot to you but it's pocket change to Google. They spend way more on their own browser as well as getting "free labor from volunteers".

There's a reason there's now so few independent browser engines.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#17

Post by ffpip »

lukaa wrote: post #15
ffpip wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI, you don't need another extension for the 'Don't care about cookies' Go to the home page and click the 'AdBlock Plus' link to add to uBlock Origin - https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ 1 less addon with access to all sites you visit. To remove cookie banners permanently on lesser known sites, follow this 30 second guide by the dev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvCGWwQr5o

Yes, this addon looks like repackaging and selling someone others open source work. I'm really not sorry for that author.

It has some extra features. i don't think it is a repackage.

You can do those with uBlock Origin, but users don't want to mess with extensions and want extensions to work out of the box, so they install many extensions leading to malware and privacy issues.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#18

Post by PCChris »

1024core wrote: post #9

Mozilla makes a gazillion dollars from Google for being the default search engine. They get free labor from volunteers all over the world, being OSS and all that. So what do they need extra money for??

Mozilla files IRS form 990 ("Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax") annually due to their nonprofit status. This can be found at the bottom of their "State of Mozilla 2018" annual report [1] and contains some details about their financials (as of November, 2019 at least). The linked page itself also contains some information about how Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation are structured and operate.

[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2018/

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

#19

Post by ffpip »

TheChaplain wrote: post #10
aninteger wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do they though? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-go...

Yes. It's unwise to depend on a sole source of income.

I don't think browsers can make money so easily, except in the case of Opera which started collecting browsing history to show full page ads.

Re: Promoted Add-ons Pilot

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Post by throwaway2048 »

ChrisSD wrote: post #16
1024core wrote: post #9

Mozilla makes a gazillion dollars from Google for being the default search engine. They get free labor from volunteers all over the world, being OSS and all that. So what do they need extra money for??

Mozilla gets a few hundred million from Google. This may sound like a lot to you but it's pocket change to Google. They spend way more on their own browser as well as getting "free labor from volunteers". There's a reason there's now so few independent browser engines.

A lot of it has to do with how much parties like Google have driven up the complexity of web standards.
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