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A browser which shows me ads versus one which doesn't show me ads. Pretty easy choice. In both cases the funding is coming from ads, but one of these is waving
by pekk 13y ago
A browser which shows me ads versus one which doesn't show me ads. Pretty easy choice. In both cases the funding is coming from ads, but one of these is waving them in my face all the time and the other one isn't.
- kevingadd 13y agoThe Google search bar that appears in Firefox when you install it, with a Google icon, is effectively an advertisement paid for with Google's money. The fact that it's an effective advertisement (and most people use that search bar) doesn't make it not an advertisement. Note that for example the default search provider has been different in other countries at times based on other advertising deals Mozilla made - not just Google. It's easier to view it as not-an-ad when it's a search provider you use; less so than when it is a random provider that bid the highest amount.