Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
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Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
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Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#2I've been looking for an alternative recently anyways. Haven't quite found the right catch yet. Sad to surrender to Chromium after all these years, but Firefox seems to get worse and worse.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#3Before HN flips its shit and threatens to move to a browser that is either owned by an ad company, or use a browser that replaces all ads with its own ads, you are asked whether you want to enable it or not on the first launch. As much as it sucks, having more sources of income rather than just relying on Google is a net positive.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#4As someone who has used Firefox since v0.* I really, really, really dislike the language they have used lately.
> relevant suggestions from our trusted partners
The suggestions are not relevant to, and the partners not trusted by, me.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#5https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28779947 8 hours ago, 71 comments
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#6It’s sucky and I particularly hate ads percolating to every part if my life, BUT how are they meant to support Firefox and other software without a revenue stream?
Mozilla seems to attract criticism for how they run the whole operation, I can’t tell how correct it is, but even if they run it perfectly they still need revenue.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#7> You might notice a message inviting you to enable these new suggestions the next time you install or update Firefox.
So its opt-in, what is the issue?
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#8Is it time to fork Firefox under a browser-focused organisation? I wish I could donate directly towards the development of Firefox to avoid this kind of deterioration, without funding Mozilla at all.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#9As someone who has used Firefox since v0.* I really, really, really dislike the language they have used lately. > relevant suggestions from our trusted partners The suggestions are not relevant to, and the partners not trusted by, me.
Indeed. They should just state "It's an Ad". I doubt they actually going to try every product that they are advertising, to make wording "suggestion" be even close to the truth.
That said, I don't understand, why would somebody use Firefox instead of Chrome, Edge, or Safari if they ad in-browser ads.
Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
#10Can anybody think of a sustainable business model for companies that mean well for users? (Mozilla, Signal)