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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 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/06/mozilla-is-an-advertising-company-now/#comment-249969

Preemptive subtwit.

Let's say you run a nonprofit animal shelter. And for some reason, some people feel you should be seeing hockey-stick growth, but the donations aren't covering it.

So you decide to start up a side-line of selling kittens for meat.

Then you will inevitably have someone stroking their chin and saying, 'Yes, yes, but how could they afford to stay open if they weren't selling kitten deli slices?"

Some might say -- maybe you aren't an animal shelter any more. Some might say.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a real shame what's happened to Mozilla. Maybe Trump will add browser software to the list of sanctions on China and we'll end up with a Deepfox in a year or two.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

And it will be running on Deepin also