golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agoMozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"blog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down110cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@fedia.io
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkMozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"blog.mozilla.orggolden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square162fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfirefox@fedia.io
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·4 hours agoI don’t believe a web browser should be designed specifically for one business model, period. There are plenty of free sites. Truly free, with no ads. There are plenty of paid sites, supported by subscribers. There are plenty of sites funded by educational institutions, nonprofits, or similar. There used to be plenty of sites that were supported by non-invasive ads. I don’t give a damn if everyone uses Facebook and Google. That doesn’t mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago That doesn’t mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level. From what I have seen, it does… if you want to have a popular site that stays running well, and don’t charge your users for access.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoThat’s a problem for site operators, not for browser developers.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoYou might be right, but I don’t think that’s a problem they’re going to solve all on their own, meanwhile the rest of users will suffer.
I don’t believe a web browser should be designed specifically for one business model, period.
There are plenty of free sites. Truly free, with no ads.
There are plenty of paid sites, supported by subscribers.
There are plenty of sites funded by educational institutions, nonprofits, or similar.
There used to be plenty of sites that were supported by non-invasive ads.
I don’t give a damn if everyone uses Facebook and Google. That doesn’t mean we need to cater to their business model at the technical level.
From what I have seen, it does… if you want to have a popular site that stays running well, and don’t charge your users for access.
That’s a problem for site operators, not for browser developers.
It’s a problem for users.
You might be right, but I don’t think that’s a problem they’re going to solve all on their own, meanwhile the rest of users will suffer.