It’s odd. A part of me is enthused by this post, glad that mozilla is taking steps towards community-driven user protection, but then another part reminds me of differentuncool occasions and that enthusiasm quickly dissipates.
Mozilla is a constant hit-and-miss. They are ultimately in conflict between what the users want (a free browser that protects their privacy) and making money (which is in advertising).
Ain’t that a sympathetic narrative? Jeje, I joke, but sometimes the skeptic in me wonders if it’s the sincere truth or just a(nother) justifiable masquerade for exploitative practices.
Practices that exploit their users trust that come from the “conflict between what the users want (a free browser that protects their privacy) and making money (which is in advertising).”
Personally, I’m not a fan of ads myself and you can opt out of them in the settings just like you can opt out on the web with an ad blocker.
That all being said, please do note that Mozilla is a business and businesses need money to operate. For the majority of the web this means ads. For the majority of ads it also means tracking. But the mechanisms around sponsored stories in Firefox are not tracking.
It’s odd. A part of me is enthused by this post, glad that mozilla is taking steps towards community-driven user protection, but then another part reminds me of different uncool occasions and that enthusiasm quickly dissipates.
Mozilla is a constant hit-and-miss. They are ultimately in conflict between what the users want (a free browser that protects their privacy) and making money (which is in advertising).
Ain’t that a sympathetic narrative? Jeje, I joke, but sometimes the skeptic in me wonders if it’s the sincere truth or just a(nother) justifiable masquerade for exploitative practices.
What practices do you mean?
Practices that exploit their users trust that come from the “conflict between what the users want (a free browser that protects their privacy) and making money (which is in advertising).”
Personally, I’m not a fan of ads myself and you can opt out of them in the settings just like you can opt out on the web with an ad blocker.
That all being said, please do note that Mozilla is a business and businesses need money to operate. For the majority of the web this means ads. For the majority of ads it also means tracking. But the mechanisms around sponsored stories in Firefox are not tracking.
It’s more cool than the other real options out there, so I’ll accept anything so long as they are tracking me less than Chrome.