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It's funny how Mozilla is held to such high and dare I say impossible standards, whereas all other popular corporations are not. Apparently developing an open s
by bad_user 10y ago
It's funny how Mozilla is held to such high and dare I say impossible standards, whereas all other popular corporations are not. Apparently developing an open source browser that made history and giving it away for free is not enough.
It's as if developers, hardware and location costs a lot of money and Mozilla is looking for ways to find a reliable revenue stream, because you really can't survive for long on donations at their scale.
Out of curiosity, have you ever donated money to Mozilla and if so how much?
Yes, I saw those ads. Nothing terrible and they were not sending my browsing history to some server or whatever. I don't get why you're so upset about it. Like, you're so upset that you created a new account to say it. Now that says something.
- bllguo 10y agoWe've reached a point where placing ads in an inconspicuous place (just change your new tab page...) is called "unethical." Amazing.
- Lerc 10y agoAds evolve and their fitness function is the effect they have on people. An inconspicuous ad is an ineffective ad (unless you count subliminal advertising which is both ineffective and illegal)
- revelation 10y agoNo, we've reached a point where the browser developer placing ads is called unethical. It's a very, very strong signal that 1) you don't own this piece of your computer 2) our interests do not align with yours. And that is a scary proposition for auto-updated remote software. At least with websites theres the illusion of separation.
- Manishearth 10y agoIt was very, very, easy to turn the ads off -- there was an explicit option for it. Given that you didn't have to go out of your way to do that, (1) is false.
- ForHackernews 10y agoAs opposed to other browsers made by Microsoft and Google, those paragons of ethical behavior and putting users' interests first...