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Why is firefox phasing out 3rd party cookies? Is it out of charity?

• cratermoon 6y ago
  Firefox is not a product of the 800lb gorilla of targeted ad revenue. The Mozilla foundation could live without the ad revenue tied 3rd party cookies. They feel pressure from their users (people like us) who want to not be tracked everywhere, and ending the use of 3rd party cookies is one technical step. At some point in the past year it seems the privacy concerns reached a critical mass. The Mozilla foundation is responding in ways to keep its browser share relevant.
• drewgross 6y ago
  Yes. Mozilla is a non-profit, pretty much everything they do is out of charity.
  • cratermoon 6y ago
    Sort of true. To know what a non-profit's motivations are, look at the biggest donors and donations. Some of the Mozilla Foundation's money comes from the Mozilla Corporation, which does get a lot of money from the big tech companies.