jwzOct 4, 2024

Mozilla's CEO doubles down on them being an advertising company now.

tl;dr: "LOL get fucked"

They've decided who their customers are, and it's not you, it's people who build and invest in surveillance advertising networks. But in a "respectful" way....
https://jwz.org/b/ykaO

Mozilla's CEO doubles down on them being an advertising company now

tl;dr: "LOL get fucked" They've decided who their customers are, and it's not you, it's people who build and invest in surveillance advertising networks. But in a "respectful" way. "Improving online advertising through product and infrastructure." We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market. Gee, ya think? In parallel to our existing consumer ...

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@jwz >be Mozilla
>have virtually no market share in anything
>conclude the free cash from Google may soon dry up and blow away, threatening Mitchell Baker’s yacht upgrade
>immediately alienate basically your entire puny userbase and pivot to competing with … Google

I can’t even imagine what the thought process was here. Why not crypto? That grift actually seems to work…

Oct 4, 2024 at 4:19amWeb