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If a major service blocks Firefox users it could lead to a massive boycott. Users could rally around Mozilla if it stopped selling out their interests. More pe
by staunch 9y ago
If a major service blocks Firefox users it could lead to a massive boycott. Users could rally around Mozilla if it stopped selling out their interests.
More people use ad-blockers than Firefox has users. The best way to attract more users is to make the best possible browser. That means incorporating ad-blocking as users have loudly demanded for a decade.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoIt wouldn't lead to a massive boycott, most people barely care about browser choice. And what would a boycott accomplish? If they're blocking you for not giving them ad revenue, your refusal to go there changes nothing. Over the past decade, I've had to switch ad blockers several times to deal with performance and privacy issues, and I still have to deal with a ton of broken sites that would make most people just assume their browser was broken. The logistics of including the blocker in the browser are a nightmare, and I doubt the results would lead most people to call it the "best browser."
- yorwba 9y ago> If a major service blocks Firefox users it could lead to a massive boycott. ... of Firefox. Most people don't care as much about their browser choice as about the ability to access those major services. I would continue using Firefox, but only because I don't care about most of the popular sites. The majority would switch browsers in a heartbeat.