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Firefox ads run a lot during the show. And before the show, they have a mini blurb saying "this week sponsored by firefox"

• justinclift 9y ago
  Ahhh, so there was an exchange of benefits after all. Their "an unpaid collaboration" phrase is an attempt to spin it as if there wasn't. Doesn't seem like honest wording in their apology then. :(
  • Yoric 9y ago
    I read it as "nobody paid Mozilla". Did you understand something else?
    • justinclift 9y ago
      Yeah, it can be interpreted in a few different ways. Sometimes places say "we weren't paid anything" in an attempt to pretend it was out of the goodness of their hearts (or similar)... when in fact they were receiving benefits of some other kind. Just not directly money. Note - Corruption often seems to work like this too, as "payment in services" (eg kickbacks, etc) instead of money can be harder to track. So, when places say they did something and didn't get paid for it... I also (personally) find it's best to double check if they received services/benefits instead which they'd not mentioning. Just in case. It seems like that's what's happening here too.
      • Yoric 9y ago
        The way I read the blog entry is that yes, it was an exchange. I don't feel that it is being spinned, but YMMV.