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Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market" (blog.mozilla.org)
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[–] ramblingsteve@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I honestly never expected the final death blow for Firefox to come from Mozilla.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Is this a response to the fact that they may not get paid for having Google as their default search engine? If so, I worry about a bunch of Linux distributions. It's ironic that a company's toxic virtual monopoly was paying for so much open software.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Eh, they've been speedrunning this for years, this is just the most efficient way to get to the end goal of complete ruin.

I have a few alternative ideas, but I honestly don't think they're interested in hearing them.

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe they've been infiltrated by bad actors from Google, parading around as pro-privacy frauds.

[–] ramblingsteve@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I hope so. I hope there could be a future where Mozilla is purged of these people and returned to being just a browser. Not everything has to be a "platform" with a business model for MBA's to feast on.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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