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Mozilla may be a non-profit but there’s a saying: “non profit doesn’t mean they don’t make money”. It’s not too difficult to disable, but Firefox does push sug
by BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
Mozilla may be a non-profit but there’s a saying: “non profit doesn’t mean they don’t make money”.
It’s not too difficult to disable, but Firefox does push suggestions by default and has a revenue sharing agreement with Pocket.
- Lev1a 4y ago> Firefox [...] has a revenue sharing agreement with Pocket "Mozilla Corporation" bought Pocket in 2017. Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service) : > On February 27, 2017, Pocket announced that it had been acquired by Mozilla Corporation, the commercial arm of Firefox's non-profit development group. Mozilla staff stated that Pocket would continue to operate as an independent subsidiary but that it would be leveraged as part of an ongoing "Context Graph" project.[6] There are plans to open-source the server-side code of Pocket,[11][12][13] with more than 50 repositories already available on the company's GitHub account, including their iOS app.
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoI stand partially corrected! Didn’t realize they were acquired but they are still using pocket for revenue. In fact, this little nugget supports my original post: “the commercial arm of Firefox's non-profit development group”
- cedilla 4y agoPocket has been acquired by Mozilla a few years ago.