golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoMozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"blog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@fedia.io
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minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoOpt-out can never be the right answer.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoWould you prefer Mozilla to not exist? They’re trying to find revenue streams other than the money they get from Google.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI would prefer Mozilla to ask. Some options: on first install, pick your poison - donate, accept ads, or accept negative karma pay to remove ads on a page - you’d pay into a bucket, and payments to remove ads would subtract from that more optional, revenue-generating services (e.g. push their VPN harder)
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThe current incarnation of Mozilla would not be any meaningful loss to me.
minus-squareFurball@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWell it would to everyone who relies on Mozilla for making the only current alternative engine to chromium. Mozilla dying would harm its forks, too, and finally give chromium a total monopoly
Opt-out can never be the right answer.
Would you prefer Mozilla to not exist? They’re trying to find revenue streams other than the money they get from Google.
I would prefer Mozilla to ask. Some options:
The current incarnation of Mozilla would not be any meaningful loss to me.
Well it would to everyone who relies on Mozilla for making the only current alternative engine to chromium. Mozilla dying would harm its forks, too, and finally give chromium a total monopoly
Other engines exist.