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Mozilla explains their recent foray into advertising - A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy (blog.mozilla.org)
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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's worse: I would say every group is malicious. Ad companies try to look like they are policing themselves, in the hopes that they don't suffer external regulation. But back when AdBlock Plus started this nonsense, people made uBlock Origin in response. People wouldn't just take the ad industry at its word.

Now... For some reason, people have changed their minds.