If this isn't a targetted advert in my browser, I don't know what is.
And here's where you turn it off:
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2026
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I mean they have to make money somehow
They make most of it (a boatload already) from their google deal, how about using it better
The Google deal is a problematic dependency and a single point of failure. I don't like putting ads in the browser as an alternative, but I'm unsure what would be a good funding model for the project.
Mozilla should definitely focus its resources on improving the browser rather than side quests.
Even more problematic because the LLM are destroying search.
Wait till people freak the fuck out when it becomes the Gemini bar.
I think they have plenty of resources already, some of their uses are questionable. Mail/VPN (i think they already rolled out their own vpn service for some countries) could be a sidequest not for the sake of a sidequest, doubt it's gonna match 500M per year though
Firefox doesn't do mail AFAIK. Thunderbird is a different branch and is funded separately.
The VPN is just a re-skinned Mullvad last time I checked.
Yeah ik, I'm saying they could to diversify
Mozilla is simultaneously both a genius Google-sponsored company that you can't criticize their decisions because you don't fund them, and a money-starved company that needs to make a profit and you're a monster for denying them the revenue
Also you cannot fund them. All the money you give goes to Mozilla and its CEO which needs $millions to take those stupid decisions.
If we donate enough we can match their 7 ish million salary! (iirc)
Mozilla is simultaneously a vassal of Google because it's 85% funded by its search revenue, and an over-resourced company that is a monster for trying to bring in even more revenue.
Benefits of their Corp/Foundation structure I guess. Though if I was funding them I'd criticize them harder lol
Diversification is a good thing. If people don't donate at scale then we have Chrome, and FF so long as Google allows it to exist unless they find other streams.
Google "deal" .. Google gain way more coz we don't have MozillaOS today.
Also, they sold and selling users to search engines and still more and more milking their users...
Using FF we get double fck*d..if not using forks, a better option will be Chrome at this point
That "somehow" is doing some heavy lifting.
Do they? Why?