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ama729 | 10 years ago

Most users would prefer if there would be no ads at all. I don't think putting ads in Firefox will reduce ads on websites.

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lmorchard|10 years ago

There's no such thing as a free lunch. The way to reduce ads on websites is to pay for websites. But, so far, that's proven less practical and acceptable to users than just putting up with the ads. But, ads are getting annoying and intrusive. So, if we're stuck with ads because folks won't pay, maybe it makes sense to try to make that situation better?

vdaniuk|10 years ago

>I don't think anybody care about the state of digital advertising except marketers.

As I have demonstrated with a simple example, this statement is false.

>Most users would prefer if there would be no ads at all.

Your attempt at moving the goalposts is irrelevant.

Therefore, your accusation of Mozilla being dishonest with their goals is not supported by your arguments.

pgsandstrom|10 years ago

You are interpreting him too literally. What he meant was simply that it is obvious that Mozilla cares about income from their ads, not about the state of digital advertising.