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.

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    3 months ago

    Yes, advertising enables free access to most of what the internet provides

    What does this even mean?

    Ads as a source of revenue as opposed to charging for site access.