Just cancelled my monthly Mozilla donation.
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Just cancelled my monthly Mozilla donation.
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@evan just a thought but maybe those donations could go to #servo instead. https://opencollective.com/servo
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@AlexanderMars Thanks for the suggestion but I have a bunch of Fediverse projects I want to support.
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Tim Chambers - VOTEDreplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
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@tchambers @evan Personally I'm not opposed to web advertising if done right (Kurt Vonnegut was able to quit his day job as a car dealership manager because of sales to ad-supported magazines—constructive web ads could help writers) but the way that Mozilla is going about it is more like #adfraud in the browser than like the previous "ads in Firefox" projects
Making it easy for bad sites to "steal attribution" (claim credit for sales) creates surveillance risks to users
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@evan Favourited for the camaraderie, not for the content. I did this a while back, too, and it feels awful.
We were there when Microsoft almost succeeded at destroying the Web with their browser monoculture in the late ‘90s. It’s horrible seeing Google gain ground in this same battle.
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Bruh, unfortunately is the only way given that they don't have enough money and they rely on their direct competitor for revenue. So idk , to me Firefox should be paid or a subscription. -
@tchambers @evan That was the last straw for me as well. Uninstalled it and switched to Vivaldi.
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@dmarti @tchambers I'm not opposed to advertising but it's not a field that requires my charitable donations.
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@pmatteo1998 good for them, and I hope it works, but my charitable giving budget is for projects I believe in.
