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Since one of the last updates of firefox mobile pushed advertisement back on my home screen (without me consenting to it) I was reminded why I do not trust FF a

Since one of the last updates of firefox mobile pushed advertisement back on my home screen (without me consenting to it) I was reminded why I do not trust FF anymore. At least it was not a "study" again, meaning intensive tracking of everything I do, which is enabled by default btw. So it is nice, that they work on anti tracking features in general. But you have to pay for most of them, which is alright, but not in combination with pushing advertisement and tracking by default from the browser itself. So to block all the shitty ads who want to track me, I just continue to use UBlock Origin. So as long as it works, I will continue to use FF - but not for this fake privacy orientated branding.

tttttt5ts 4y ago
Thanks for reminder. I got a new phone and forgot to opt out of "study"
hotcoffeebear 4y ago
I don’t think not being default privacy-first is a bad thing for Firefox. Also, I don’t see any privacy related advertising on mozilla.org landing page.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  They are referring to the Firefox 'New Tab page' which does indeed show ads by default: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-new-tab-page https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-new-tab-page
tristan957 4y ago
You can turn the advertising off if it bothers you. What in your opinion should Mozilla do to monetize Firefox? When they get money from Google to be the default search engine, people complain. When they add extremely subtle advertising that you can turn off, people complain. To turn off advertising on Firefox for at least Android, Settings - Homepage - Sponsored Shortcuts.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  I thought it was clear "back on the home screen" was implying that they had turned the ads off, then Mozilla turned the ads back on without the user's consent.
- StopHammoTime 4y ago
  There needs to be a link between donations and turning off monetisation features.
  - tristan957 4y ago
    The Mozilla Corporation doesn't accept donations. Is it even possible for a US-based corporation to accept a donation?

tttttt5ts 4y ago

Thanks for reminder. I got a new phone and forgot to opt out of "study"

hotcoffeebear 4y ago

I don’t think not being default privacy-first is a bad thing for Firefox. Also, I don’t see any privacy related advertising on mozilla.org landing page.

wildrhythms 4y ago
They are referring to the Firefox 'New Tab page' which does indeed show ads by default: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-new-tab-page https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-new-tab-page

tristan957 4y ago

You can turn the advertising off if it bothers you. What in your opinion should Mozilla do to monetize Firefox? When they get money from Google to be the default search engine, people complain. When they add extremely subtle advertising that you can turn off, people complain. To turn off advertising on Firefox for at least Android, Settings - Homepage - Sponsored Shortcuts.

wildrhythms 4y ago
I thought it was clear "back on the home screen" was implying that they had turned the ads off, then Mozilla turned the ads back on without the user's consent.
StopHammoTime 4y ago
There needs to be a link between donations and turning off monetisation features.
- tristan957 4y ago
  The Mozilla Corporation doesn't accept donations. Is it even possible for a US-based corporation to accept a donation?