@simple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoFirefox CTO Responds On Collecting User Advertisement Datalibreddit.bus-hit.memessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish57•11 months agoYeah totally agree. The central premise of Mozilla’s argument is wrong: that we need to care about what advertisers want. No compromise is needed as advertisers problems are not users problems. Mozilla has massively dropped the ball on this.
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink11•11 months agoWhat’s the alternative to give free sites revenue from the users who won’t donate, which is nearly all of them? Google Ads doesn’t seem to be adding an ad-free subscription anytime soon
Yeah totally agree. The central premise of Mozilla’s argument is wrong: that we need to care about what advertisers want.
No compromise is needed as advertisers problems are not users problems. Mozilla has massively dropped the ball on this.
What’s the alternative to give free sites revenue from the users who won’t donate, which is nearly all of them? Google Ads doesn’t seem to be adding an ad-free subscription anytime soon