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Why don't Mozilla make or use such engine in its browser? Make something really native for dealing with ads and annoyances. The irony is Brave smartly uses Rust
by doe88 9mo ago
Why don't Mozilla make or use such engine in its browser? Make something really native for dealing with ads and annoyances. The irony is Brave smartly uses Rust which were forsaken by Mozilla. I know Mozilla seems to have something for ads but honestly I don't even know what it really does, beside its shield icon.
- snowram 9mo agoBecause ad blocking isn't provided by default in Firefox. It isn't as opinionated as Brave, for the better and the worse.
- viraptor 9mo agoBecause Mozilla is mostly sponsored by Google.
- gkbrk 9mo agoAlmost all of Mozilla's money comes from Google, an ad company. Mozilla wouldn't want to bite the hand that feeds them.
- Foriney 9mo agoMozilla wants Firefox to be a mainstream browser that anyone can use. Ad blocking introduces the risk of site breakage, and the majority of the population don't have the knowledge to deal with it. This is what Firefox blocks by default: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop#w_what-enhanced-tracking-protection-blocks https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...