Mozilla is an advertising company now
Mozilla acquires Anonym, a privacy-focused advertising company founded by ex-Facebook executives. Integration aims to balance privacy and advertising. Critics question Mozilla's advertising shift, prompting users to explore alternative privacy-centric browsers.
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Mozilla has acquired Anonym, a company focused on improving advertising solutions while prioritizing privacy. Anonym's founders, former Facebook executives, aimed to balance effective advertising with sustainability for free content. Mozilla sees this partnership as a step towards aligning privacy and advertising in the industry. Despite Anonym continuing to serve its customers, the integration into Mozilla aims to support a free and open internet. Critics express concerns about Mozilla's shift towards advertising, questioning the organization's purpose and direction. Users discuss alternative browsers like IceCat and LibreWolf to maintain privacy and avoid chromium-based options. The conversation also touches on the challenges of developing a browser from scratch and the complexities involved in modern web standards. Overall, the community expresses skepticism and disappointment towards Mozilla's evolving focus on advertising.
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It's like the universe keeps throwing them softballs lately and they are determined to only use the bat to hit themselves in the crotch"
Can't they just focus on producing a great standards-based browser?
Reminds me of Blaise Pascal: 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.'
(In case you're seeing a redirect to a genital-in-a-cup, yet still wish to read TFA.)
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