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This seems like a massive amount of hypocrisy on the part of Mozilla. "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" I had an a

This seems like a massive amount of hypocrisy on the part of Mozilla. "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" I had an angry knee-jerk reaction to this, and while in practice it probably won't be annoying, it's a step in the complete wrong direction.

sheetjs 13y ago
I switched to SRWare Iron (https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php) a long time ago and never looked back. EDIT: guess I shouldn't be surprised that proposing a browser that actually cares about privacy and security would be downvoted
abrowne 13y ago
"We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" When has Mozilla said/done anything like this? It's not like they ship Adblock Plus, and supporting Do Not Track isn't anti-ad, it's just anti-tracking.
- ivraatiems 13y ago
  If you're blocking third-party ad cookies by default, and at the same time supplying your ads, that seems pretty clear to me. (1) (1) http://adage.com/article/digital/iab-fight-mozilla-privacy-move/240246/ http://adage.com/article/digital/iab-fight-mozilla-privacy-m...
chc 13y ago
What is the right direction for an organization like Mozilla that needs to keep its lights on and pay a sizeable host of highly skilled developers?
- ivraatiems 13y ago
  Well, what are they doing now? Obviously it's been successful in keeping them open. Is there evidence they are actually in financial trouble and need this help?
  - chc 13y ago
    What they're doing now is taking money from a large multinational advertising corporation that is also a direct competitor in the browser business. So Mozilla is already ad-supported, just at one level of indirection, with less control over how the ads are able to invade your privacy, and subject to the whims of a hostile party.

sheetjs 13y ago

I switched to SRWare Iron (https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php) a long time ago and never looked back. EDIT: guess I shouldn't be surprised that proposing a browser that actually cares about privacy and security would be downvoted

abrowne 13y ago

"We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" When has Mozilla said/done anything like this? It's not like they ship Adblock Plus, and supporting Do Not Track isn't anti-ad, it's just anti-tracking.

ivraatiems 13y ago
If you're blocking third-party ad cookies by default, and at the same time supplying your ads, that seems pretty clear to me. (1) (1) http://adage.com/article/digital/iab-fight-mozilla-privacy-move/240246/ http://adage.com/article/digital/iab-fight-mozilla-privacy-m...

chc 13y ago

What is the right direction for an organization like Mozilla that needs to keep its lights on and pay a sizeable host of highly skilled developers?

ivraatiems 13y ago
Well, what are they doing now? Obviously it's been successful in keeping them open. Is there evidence they are actually in financial trouble and need this help?
- chc 13y ago
  What they're doing now is taking money from a large multinational advertising corporation that is also a direct competitor in the browser business. So Mozilla is already ad-supported, just at one level of indirection, with less control over how the ads are able to invade your privacy, and subject to the whims of a hostile party.