Ads Based On Browsing History Are Coming To All Firefox Users

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla has announced plans to launch a feature called "Suggested Tiles," which will provide sponsored recommendations to visit certain websites when other websites show up in the user's new tab page. The tiles will begin to show up for beta channel users next week, and the company is asking for feedback. For testing purposes, users will only see Suggested Tiles "promoting Firefox for Android, Firefox Marketplace, and other Mozilla causes." It's not yet known what websites will show up on the tiles when the feature launches later this summer. The company says, "With Suggested Tiles, we want to show the world that it is possible to do relevant advertising and content recommendations while still respecting users’ privacy and giving them control over their data."

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Re: bye

[Anonymous Coward]

There is actually more of an effort to undermine and destroy Mozilla's reputation from the outside, and it's fully transparent. Just look at some of the self-entitled and abusive comments here on Slashdot. We don't care about Mozilla anymore - the honeymoon is over, and now we just want to find every excuse to paint them in a negative light while we sit around offering nothing but empty criticism. Donations? Scoff! They made enough money, even though it's the least of all the major browsers by a long shot, and they use that revenue for far more than just the browser. Mozilla is no more rotten than we are.