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This is not a good look for firefox (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Almost all the links in my front homepage are sponsored now. What's next, a few ads in the bookmark bar? How about when I enter a URL, I then have to type "McDonald's" before I can actually navigate there?

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 133 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I think the downvoters can’t hold these two thoughts in their mind at the same time:

  1. Firefox is the best browser.
  2. Firefox has serious problems because Mozilla is a terrible steward of it.
[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 51 points 5 months ago

Firefox is the best browser

It's only real competitors, in my eyes, are Firefox forks.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago

Agreed. I love Firefox and don't really like Mozilla.

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 5 months ago

No it's the complaint about one of the few transparent revenue flows Mozilla managed to pull off.

It's disabled one step deep on the settings

There is a shitload of stuff going wrong with the Mozilla foundation and this doesn't even make the top 10.

That's the reason for my down vote: it's nothing I want this community to focus on. It's basically engagement bait with the topic "ads bad".

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Let the people downvote. These points don't matter. I turned off the visibility of points. I am immune, my morale is unbreakable. The downvoters have no power here!