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Firefox, Chrome et al exist to serve ads. That's where they get their funding. That's who pulls the strings. Turning off cookies would kill that model for reven
by unreal37 9y ago
Firefox, Chrome et al exist to serve ads. That's where they get their funding. That's who pulls the strings. Turning off cookies would kill that model for revenue.
- ihaveajob 9y agoYou're spot on for Chrome, but I don't think you're familiar with Firefox and the Mozilla foundation.
- Hupriene 9y agoJust to clarify and provide some supporting documentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing Mozilla makes money by providing users to companies that make money from ads.
- unreal37 9y agoMozilla Foundation reports $500 million per year in revenue. From search engines, primarily Google. So, they're not turning on "private browsing" as the default.