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Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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post #62

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If only we could pay for Firefox so they could get rid of that Google funding…

has any browser ever made that work? Opera has to be the most popular by a mile and even they couldn't keep that business model going

People just expect browsers to be free. And there's no way that can be more than Google money.

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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Mr Robot? What?

Well you see Mozilla did one Bad Thing a decade ago and that's a good reason to continue using the Ad Industry's chosen web browser instead; The one that gained most of it's marketshare by taking a page out of the malware industry's books and paying Oracle to include Chrome in the Java installer, among many many others.

You could always tell they didn't mean to install chrome, because these people would also have a malware "Chrome" browser that installed through the exact same pathway.

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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It's been days (weeks?) and I'm still waiting for the option to appear for me. These "experiments" are super annoying when you are on what I'm assuming is the long tail of a rollout but the marketing/blog posts speak of the feature like it's already launched. If there's someone at Mozilla reading this: turn it on already! I want to get off Orion, it's so buggy, but the internet is unusable without an ad blocker.

Obvious follow-ups: How does the A/B test choose between A and B, and how can it be manipulated into choosing A instead of B (or vice versa)? It's software, it has to be deterministic at some level.

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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Didn't see it even after updating, then read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-ads-firefox-ios : > This feature is experimental and is being introduced to the Firefox user base through a progressive rollout. It may not yet be available to all users. Additionally, remote improvements must be enabled. Apparently, you can only block ads if you allow Mozilla telemetry. Thanks, dicks.

> Thanks, dicks.

Must we? Such vulgar swipes only weaken your position, making you seem like the bigger jerk. Please observe the guidelines, not because you owe Mozilla anything but because you owe this community and indeed yourself better than this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If only we could pay for Firefox so they could get rid of that Google funding…

has any browser ever made that work? Opera has to be the most popular by a mile and even they couldn't keep that business model going

Orion (by Kagi) is still new, but seems to be trying.

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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post #62

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-ads-firefox-ios#w... > Does ad blocking affect search engine ads? > No. Ads shown on search engine results pages are not blocked. A lot of the search results on top of Google are there to scam you, providing phone numbers for pass through services that charge $ for it, like flight cancellation: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1p6h81i/beware_fake_... So this omission…

If only we could pay for Firefox so they could get rid of that Google funding…

... if only their donation links would let you specify your donation goes to Firefox development and no other mozilla service ...

Re: Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If only we could pay for Firefox so they could get rid of that Google funding…

has any browser ever made that work? Opera has to be the most popular by a mile and even they couldn't keep that business model going

What exactly is the problem? I understand a browser is a complex program but is the claim it is impossible to build a browser without continual dependence on advertising toxic dollars?
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