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> Just block ads. The point of the ad archive is to protect society as a whole from bogus election ads. Sure, block ads and tell all your friends to do the sa

by dao- 8y ago

> Just block ads. The point of the ad archive is to protect society as a whole from bogus election ads. Sure, block ads and tell all your friends to do the same. But unless you get all members of society to block ads, the above problem still exists.

treis 8y ago
But mozilla/firefox is actually in a position to block all ads. They just need to make a browser better than Chrome.
- dao- 8y ago
  Mozilla could block all ads for Firefox users, except that this would be somewhat insane, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19563427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19563427 Mozilla can't block ads for non-Firefox users, nor does it aim for establishing a Web browser monopoly, so the original problem still exists.
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  - treis 8y ago
    >Mozilla could block all ads for Firefox users, except that this would be somewhat insane, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19563427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19563427 If Firefox had the 65% market share that Chrome does now no sane website would block them. >Mozilla can't block ads for non-Firefox users, nor does it aim for establishing a Web browser monopoly, so the original problem still exists. Firefox should be aiming to be the dominant web browser. If they did that instead of spending their effort dicking around on unrelated projects and poking Google they could actually solve the problems they complain about.
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