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>>ReadCa+(OP)
This is unacceptable. Mozilla has shown they are incapable of not abusing Firefox. There shouldn't be an advertising channel/system in the browser.

If you want to advertise, have a newsletter that people can opt into.

If you need money, allow people to pay for just Firefox.

>>bhhask+h6
This was them trying to let people pay for Firefox. It was Mozilla VPN.

Everyone gets angry and has an opinion of how this sucks. There's no way for this to work out for Mozilla. Nothing they do will work or make everyone happy.

Google won.

>>echelo+w9
> Google won.

Because Mozilla and its execs were asleep at the wheel while Google started to eat its share. This is what you get when you stop competing.

>>ekianj+5c
Um, they appear to have orchestrated a change in management, then cozied up to Google to get a personal bonus (I read, I don't have a good source, sorry), then continued to leech money from Firefox whilst giving little in return.

The execs are still competing, they're winning, and getting exactly what they aim for, personal wealth.