Mozilla doubling down on ads in Firefox - eviltoast

Despite its emphasis on protecting privacy, Mozilla is moving towards integrating ads, backed by new infrastructure from their acquisition of Anonym. They claim this will maintain a balance between user control and online ad economics, using privacy-preserving tech. However, this shift appears to contradict Mozilla’s earlier stance of protecting users from invasive advertising practices, and it signals a change in their priorities.

  • LWD@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Would you look at that, privacy preserving advertisement!

    Let’s take it one step further and go really crazy with a/b testing

    <a href="company_url/campaign1"><img src="funny_picture.gif"></a>
    
    <a href="company_url/campaign2"><img src="different_picture.gif"></a>
    

    😲