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Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by sheetjs »

ivraatiems wrote: post #6

This seems like a massive amount of hypocrisy on the part of Mozilla. "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" I had an angry knee-jerk reaction to this, and while in practice it probably won't be annoying, it's a step in the complete wrong direction.

I switched to SRWare Iron (https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php) a long time ago and never looked back.

EDIT: guess I shouldn't be surprised that proposing a browser that actually cares about privacy and security would be downvoted

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by lasr21 »

Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!!

currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg

What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k

The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you start using the browser.

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by avolcano »

Honestly, if Mozilla wants to continue surviving, and wants to break their scary dependence on Google, I don't know what non-advertising alternatives they can explore.

(maybe a Wikipedia-style pledge drive on the new tab page? Of course, I bet people would be far more annoyed by that)

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by abrowne »

ivraatiems wrote: post #6

This seems like a massive amount of hypocrisy on the part of Mozilla. "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" I had an angry knee-jerk reaction to this, and while in practice it probably won't be annoying, it's a step in the complete wrong direction.

    "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!"
When has Mozilla said/done anything like this? It's not like they ship Adblock Plus, and supporting Do Not Track isn't anti-ad, it's just anti-tracking.

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by dave5104 »

lasr21 wrote: post #14

Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…

To me, "sponsored sites" is just another word for "ads".

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by throwaway_yy2Di »

avolcano wrote: post #15

Honestly, if Mozilla wants to continue surviving, and wants to break their scary dependence on Google, I don't know what non-advertising alternatives they can explore. (maybe a Wikipedia-style pledge drive on the new tab page? Of course, I bet people would be far more annoyed by that)

Looks like Mozilla's budget is ~6x that of Wikipedia. $300 M/year figure FTA, vs. $49 M/year from

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Budget

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by esw »

dave5104 wrote: post #17
lasr21 wrote: post #14

Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…

To me, "sponsored sites" is just another word for "ads".

Ads that you'll see once.

Re: Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser

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Post by KnightHawk3 »

avolcano wrote: post #15

Honestly, if Mozilla wants to continue surviving, and wants to break their scary dependence on Google, I don't know what non-advertising alternatives they can explore. (maybe a Wikipedia-style pledge drive on the new tab page? Of course, I bet people would be far more annoyed by that)

They already have that right?

I remember seeing a "if everyone paid $3" ad at one point.

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