I wish Mozilla had been really clear about their intentions and end goals with this acquisition. On the face of it, it looks terrible. Especially when you look at their jettisoning of Servo.
What the hell are they up to if making a browser engine isn’t a core competency, but buying an ad company is considered a wise move?
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Completely reassuring.
a browser with 2% market share isn’t getting anywhere without lots of money. I fail to see the issue?
The issue is fuck ads
That’s a fair position, but let me ask. Are you donating to Mozilla on a monthly basis?
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Sorta. The foundation does.
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Hmm maybe I stop donating then… I’ll have to dig into where my money is actually going.
Yes. Just like I donate to my Lemmy host on a regular basis.
I even pay for YouTube, despite using Vanced.
Fuck ads.
Hell yeah man, carry on then. Nice to meet someone who walks the walk while talking the talk
Dear Mozilla, please stop being google.
Thanks.
Honestly, Mozilla has been peddling adware for a long time now. The writing has been on the wall. It started with putting sponsored links to Amazon on the Firefox home screen, then the shitty Pocket acquisition and the stupid featured stories/recommendations garbage, then the full screen Mozilla VPN ads…Firefox has been adware for a while. Use a fork that removes the bullshit. Switch to LibreWolf.
I think the important thing is consent to use data. If I can control what data I share with them, it isn’t the end of the world. If I choose to not, and it’s honoured, then this is a good thing. I’d prefer this approach funding development to Mozilla not being able to compete.
Mozilla is a far superior company to Google.
they shouldn’t have the data in the first place. constant data leaks have shown us that is the only way to have some privacy.
This is the same kind of framing Google used when they were considered the little guy on your side as opposed to big evil corp.
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