Someone has to pay their programmers. It's through ads via partnership with Google or other ads.
Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page
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#12This is deeply upsetting to me because I have continually pushed Firefox to friends and family as the only alternative to Google's strongarm dominance of our virtual lives. I have no other alternative to recommend my social circle and feel, daily, increasingly helpless to do anything about a future determined to shake down the miracle of humanity for pocket change. Mozilla Corp--the for-profit business arm of nonprof…
Iridium browser seems like a good alternative. It is firefox with a focus on privacy.
Re: Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page
#13This is deeply upsetting to me because I have continually pushed Firefox to friends and family as the only alternative to Google's strongarm dominance of our virtual lives. I have no other alternative to recommend my social circle and feel, daily, increasingly helpless to do anything about a future determined to shake down the miracle of humanity for pocket change. Mozilla Corp--the for-profit business arm of nonprof…
> How do we take back user privacy when the world's computing window becomes poisoned by those impassioned for money? It is deplorable behavior. Would enough users pay money for a browser?
I paid for Opera back in the days when they had the option to pay for an ad-free version. They eventually decided to shelf that model. shrug
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#14It’s okay though because it’s Mozilla and we trust Mozilla.
Sarcasm?
Mozilla burned their trustability with me at least.
Re: Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page
#15This is deeply upsetting to me because I have continually pushed Firefox to friends and family as the only alternative to Google's strongarm dominance of our virtual lives. I have no other alternative to recommend my social circle and feel, daily, increasingly helpless to do anything about a future determined to shake down the miracle of humanity for pocket change. Mozilla Corp--the for-profit business arm of nonprof…
Iridium browser seems like a good alternative. It is firefox with a focus on privacy.
Their webpage says Iridium is built on top of Chromium.
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#16Re: Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page
#17This is deeply upsetting to me because I have continually pushed Firefox to friends and family as the only alternative to Google's strongarm dominance of our virtual lives. I have no other alternative to recommend my social circle and feel, daily, increasingly helpless to do anything about a future determined to shake down the miracle of humanity for pocket change. Mozilla Corp--the for-profit business arm of nonprof…
>This is deeply upsetting to me because I have continually pushed Firefox to friends and family as the only alternative to Google's strongarm dominance of our virtual lives.
Agreed. Frankly, this is not a good time for Mozilla to fuck around.
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#18The more they pull stunts like these, the more i realize it's time to fork FF and get rid of all their garbage. Make Pocket optional, remove the (paid?) list of URLs that's apparently preloaded, remove all of the phone home shit.
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#19the language they used surrounding this is pretty gross:
it "was an experiment to provide more value to Firefox users through offers provided by a partner" and "not a paid placement or advertisement".
I think its concerning that Mozilla is that deep into the marketing double-think.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> How do we take back user privacy when the world's computing window becomes poisoned by those impassioned for money? It is deplorable behavior. Would enough users pay money for a browser?
There are definitely enough users who would donate money to support a fork of a browser that pursues their interests. Not enough who would support Mozilla though.
You'd find that there are enough users who'd say they'd donate but would do no such thing once you pass the wicker basket around.