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Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by avh02 »

a5aAqU wrote: post #19

> My new tab window should have no advertisements in it, because you are a nonprofit. "Non-profit" doesn't mean that money magically appears out of nothing. > pushed me ever closer to just giving up and going to Chrome, where at least they exploit me in predictable ways. Chrome is worse, and the ways are much more intrusive. They aren't even predictable. If people keep attacking Firefox like that, there won't be any…

I'd normally agree with you, but Firefox has so many knobs in the about:config and they change often enough (and e.g new ones appear) that it's a game of constant surprise, thinking you turned off all of x, only to find something very similar popped up somewhere else and you didn't know about it because it's a buried about:config preference

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by caslon »

Sabinus wrote: post #10
caslon wrote: post #3

It was decent up until the last half. The all caps nature of your post was unnecessary and childish, and while it makes sense to be upset at Mozilla's mismanagement and ads in your browser, you cite needlessly off-topic examples where Mozilla should actually be doing something (aside from the color scheme part).

Does Mozilla really need a VR research team?

They have a VR web browser, and a full implementation of WHATWG already requires a lot of VR-interfacing technology.

Blame W3 and WHATWG?

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by mavhc »

Kliment wrote: post #22
mavhc wrote: post #14

Do you want Mozilla to rely on Google's money, or make their own money, pick one.

Please take my goddamn money. Let me pay for the actual browser, with that money going to browser development. I'll do it. Many others will do it. But this ad and "partner" shit is frustrating and wrong.

Should be an option.

3 download buttons: Firefox (funded by Google), Firefox (funded by Ads), Firefox ($20/year)

But 99% of people will pick the first I'd bet

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

#34

Post by slenk »

emodendroket wrote: post #18
chenzhekl wrote: post #13

> My new tab window should have no advertisements in it, because you are a nonprofit. Basically, I can't agree with that. As a user who is unable to contribute to the development of Firefox. I'd love to see my favorite product have a stable, independent cash flow that comes from a product that doesn't conflict with the company's culture (i.e., protecting privacy). Anyway, at least, this is much better than the crypto…

Crazy concept but what if you just paid for the browser then?

Do those even exist, paid-for browsers that is

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by Kliment »

mavhc wrote: post #33
Kliment wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please take my goddamn money. Let me pay for the actual browser, with that money going to browser development. I'll do it. Many others will do it. But this ad and "partner" shit is frustrating and wrong.

Should be an option. 3 download buttons: Firefox (funded by Google), Firefox (funded by Ads), Firefox ($20/year) But 99% of people will pick the first I'd bet

1% of Firefox users paying $20 per year would be more than enough.

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by ekianjo »

a5aAqU wrote: post #19

> My new tab window should have no advertisements in it, because you are a nonprofit. "Non-profit" doesn't mean that money magically appears out of nothing. > pushed me ever closer to just giving up and going to Chrome, where at least they exploit me in predictable ways. Chrome is worse, and the ways are much more intrusive. They aren't even predictable. If people keep attacking Firefox like that, there won't be any…

> "Non-profit" doesn't mean that money magically appears out of nothing.

It appears already from Google's pockets. First why dont they try to be lean instead of shoving ads to users all year long? How many millionaire execs do you need to run a non-profit?

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by pvinis »

emodendroket wrote: post #18
chenzhekl wrote: post #13

> My new tab window should have no advertisements in it, because you are a nonprofit. Basically, I can't agree with that. As a user who is unable to contribute to the development of Firefox. I'd love to see my favorite product have a stable, independent cash flow that comes from a product that doesn't conflict with the company's culture (i.e., protecting privacy). Anyway, at least, this is much better than the crypto…

Crazy concept but what if you just paid for the browser then?

I'd love to pay for Firefox. Not Mozilla or anything else. Just the Firefox team. Can I?

Re: Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

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Post by pvinis »

mavhc wrote: post #33
Kliment wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please take my goddamn money. Let me pay for the actual browser, with that money going to browser development. I'll do it. Many others will do it. But this ad and "partner" shit is frustrating and wrong.

Should be an option. 3 download buttons: Firefox (funded by Google), Firefox (funded by Ads), Firefox ($20/year) But 99% of people will pick the first I'd bet

YES! Let me pay for the browser directly!
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