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Mozilla Says Ad on Firefox's New Tab Page Was Just Another Experiment (venturebeat.com)
Some Firefox users yesterday started seeing an ad in the desktop version of the browser. It offers users a $20 Amazon gift card in return for booking your next hotel stay via Booking.com. VentureBeat reached out to Mozilla, which confirmed the ad was a Firefox experiment and that no user data was being shared with its partners. From a report: The ad appears at the bottom of Firefox's new tab page on the desktop version with a "Find a Hotel" button that takes the user to a Booking.com page. The text reads: "Ready to schedule that next family reunion? Here's a thank you from Firefox. Book your next hotel stay on Booking.com today and get a free $20 Amazon gift card. Happy Holidays from Firefox! (Restrictions apply)." A second version reads: "For the holidays, we got you a little something just for using Firefox! Book your next hotel stay on Booking.com today and get a free $20 Amazon gift card. Happy Holidays from Firefox! (Restrictions apply.)"
How come nobody is forking it? (Arguably other than Pale Moon.) Maybe there's not enough interest?
Having an alternative to Chrome that's slightly corporate may be better than giving in to a big near-monopoly. If FF stick ads in non-annoying places*, perhaps we can just learn to live with them so that we at least have choice.
* No jokes intended
Table-ized A.I.
It's not? Last time I checked, the vast majority of their revenue is from the world's largest advertising company.
So you give yearly donations to Mozilla right? Is that why you are on your high horse?
Your browser is one of the most complex pieces of software on your computer. It took thousands of man-hour years to develop. It takes a team of hundreds of developers to maintain.
They need a constant source of revenue. Could they have handled this better? Of course, but considering all the good they have done to protect our privacy, I'm willing to cut them some slack here.