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Archived Firefox is Adding Ads, Because Only Insults are Free (theverge.com)
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[–] derram ago
https://archive.fo/p1j7d :
'Mozilla’s promise is to only promote “valuable content, worthy of your time,” while giving you the option to hide stuff you don’t like or to disable sponsored suggestions altogether. '
'Having acquired read-it-later service Pocket last year, Mozilla has been populating new tabs in Firefox with Pocket reading suggestions — and those are now going to include links that an advertiser has paid for. '
'What he and Mozilla propose as an alternative is to restore all three of those facets to Firefox users while still generating some income by placing paid-for links in front of those users. '
' It may be an annoyance to be confronted with such a choice, but it just goes to show that nothing useful on the internet is ever free. '
'So you’re either sacrificing privacy, device compatibility, or your own attention, depending on which trade-off you choose to make. '
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