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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."
Mozilla 1998: we want the internet to remain a free and open forum and in this spirit align our software to freedom and the user. the users choice and voice will be come top priority in our products, and we will write the mozilla 10 point manifesto to ensure we always take this into account.
Mozilla 2015: We want the internet to make payments on our car loans and help achieve the goal of replacing all 4 tires on the bentley twice a year. We believe, legitimately believe, that users want tiles to show them advertisements. we think they like having a video chat app in their browser and we want to make sure corporations understand what is possible when targeted advertising and a morally bankrupt moneytrain brand come together to abuse their users trust and appreciation. We are completely deaf to the fact that adblock and noscript exist and are extremely popular plugins for our hobbled shitwreck advertising platform masquerading as a browser. Hail satan.
Good people go to bed earlier.
False dichotomy.
Why can't I throw a total shitfit AND uncheck the option from the menu?
Then you didn't read. These tiles show up when you click 'new tab'.
You will get a set of tiles that include your most viewed porn, porn you might like and sponsored porn that they hope you will be into.
You can stop these porn tiles from appearing by simply telling it you want classic new tab, not enhanced porn edition.
Of course this doesn't stop Mozilla from compiling a detailed list of your porn.
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I've never understood comments about memory use. I buy my memory to use. If it is sitting empty, I paid for it for nothing. Apps should use it and use it freely for cache, etc. to speed up performance. I'd feel the same about CPU except that high CPU usage leads to thermal issues (fans on all the time, etc.). So I do prefer not to use all the CPU I paid for - but memory? Heck, the OS will swap it out if another app needs it.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining about low 32bit memory and minimizing/terminating your programs.