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Mozilla's main revenue stream is Google, and they could force Mozilla to disable ad-blocking. Mozilla has already being force from external pressure in the pas

• Semaphor 7y ago
  > [Google] could force Mozilla to disable ad-blocking. So you claim. I claim that this is wrong. > Mozilla has already being force from external pressure in the past, see DRM. Very different as the pressure was from not losing even more user who suddenly would be unable to use Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, etc. They fought the proposal but once it was established they had no real way of not including DRM blobs and stay a mainstream browser.
  • a_imho 7y ago
    In your opinion why Firefox does not ship with some kind of adblocker by default?
    • Semaphor 7y ago
      I don't know, but personally, I prefer extensions :)
      • a_imho 7y ago
        I don't think there is a hard stance on bundles, after all moz://a integrated Pocket into Firefox just fine. Nevertheless, it could be due to personal opinions, but catering to your main commercial partner's business model is imo more plausible.
    • SturgeonsLaw 7y ago
      I would want, and expect, a cleanly installed browser with default settings to pull and display requested web pages in their entirety. As much as I am in favour of ad blocking, anything which modifies the content of a requested resource should be opt-in.
  • c0vfefe 7y ago
    > I claim that this is wrong. Over 90% of Mozilla's funding comes from having Google search as the default[0]. If FF users weren't seeing ads, then Google would have no reason to pay for that service. So Mozilla loses its funding. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing