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Mozilla explains their recent foray into advertising - A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 9 months ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thats a good point, those ads are far less profitable though, and as a result if mozilla offered that kind of service nobody would use it

[–] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which will lead to more and more pressure to drop privacy protections for profit until there is no real reason to not just use chrome.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Did you read about the system their ads use? Their system uses a new, anonymised system that has NOTHING TO DO with the current way tracking works

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're completely right and I'm terribly disappointed that nuances like these get reflex downvoted.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

tbf my comment was shittily and rudely phrased, i dont blame them