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btw why HN is downvoting my post? > Adware, or advertising-supported software, is any software package which automatically renders advertisements in order to g
by pera 12y ago
btw why HN is downvoting my post?
> Adware, or advertising-supported software, is any software package which automatically renders advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author.
- mmastrac 12y agoA short, inflammatory comment like yours will probably attract downvotes because it doesn't offer much to the conversation other than offering a starting point for a flamewar.
- pbhjpbhj 12y agoPersonally I think it's more inciteful in a "cut to the chase" way than it is inflammatory. Search was sold, but search was/is an integral part of web browsing and so was going to be in there anyway. Adverts on the new-tab tiles aren't necessary - if content is necessary there it doesn't need to be paid advertising. He made a succinct point that others hadn't made, IMO that adds to the conversation.
- zz1 12y agoIt isn't adware anyway. 1. It shows ads only to a small fraction of new users and for a limited period of time. 2. It uses ads to provide a revenue diversity. Ads are just a new revenue source. Not the only one.
- sp332 12y agoI thought it would show ads to all new users? And ads are already the majority source of Mozilla's income, so making more money from ads is going to lessen the diversity.
- zz1 12y ago> And ads are already the majority source of Mozilla's income Nope. Mozilla primary income source is Google (and Bing, amazon, ebay) paying to be the default search engine (and a search engine included in the search bar). And then there are users donation, which are slowly but steadily growing. Yet they are way under Mozilla's needs.