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Mozilla Acquires Anonym, Pioneering Privacy in Digital Ads (linuxiac.com)

submitted 4 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 82 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know what it is with Mozilla, they're both the only saving grace of the open-source browser world and the most stupid internet company at the same time. And they've been both for decades, with a budget that could have allowed them to be and to do so much more...

[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 months ago

A saving grace in terms of browser engines. They are the only real competitor to Chromium.

[–] Veraxus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

This whole “for-profit owned by a non-profit” paradigm needs to globally crushed right the fuck now. It should never have been allowed to happen and should not be tolerated.

[–] runiq@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am fully in support of privacy-preserving ads. Much of the internet runs on ads. All your favorite YouTubers, favorite news sources, etc. are all survived by ads.

I can tolerate ads, but I still wish we had a better financing model for content on the internet at large. Ad tech has a tendency to creep into places where it doesn't belong. Like task bars, or explorers.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Only if you use Windows or OEM/Stock Android. I happen to not see ads ever.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While both signal and Firefox are lords work... The actual leadership appears to be some clowns. Both appears to be essentially here to maintain status quo where tech nerds get their fix but the fix doesn't go mainstream. It is a fine line.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I don't know about Signal, but I've seen two non tech savvy people using Firefox in the wild.