Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market" - eviltoast
Improving online advertising through product and infrastructure | The Mozilla Blog
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LAURA CHAMBERS, CEO, MOZILLA CORPORATION As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising. Our hypothesis is that we n
  • GetOffMyLan@programming.dev
    2·
    3 months ago

    I’m afraid it won’t last long without it. That’s the key problem.

    People hate ads, as do I, but what’s the alternative?

    • doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml
      81·
      3 months ago

      Pay executives less. Focus on grants and PBS-style ‘underwriting’. Subscription services like email and VPN.

      Getting into advertising is just jumping into an intractable conflict of interest.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 months ago

      Ideas:

      • donations - these need to actually go toward Firefox development, they don’t, so I don’t donate
      • paid services (e.g. their white-labeled VPN, they could also white-label Tuta or Proton services)
      • and add-on that pays sites to not see ads (my preference)
      • funding of privacy-oriented startups - they have something like this, so do more of it