LAURA CHAMBERS, CEO, MOZILLA CORPORATION As Mark shared in his blog, Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising. Our hypothesis is that we n

our expanded focus on online advertising won’t be embraced by everyone in our community

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  • rhabarba@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Creators and journalists need money to survive, and currently, ad-supported viewing is necessary for that to happen.

    The only way out of this is to block advertising. I, personally, think that you should not have a website if you can’t pay for it yourself, but the only acceptable kind of website income is a paywall. If you just have “better advertising”, advertising will never go away. And I hate ads.

      • richmondez@lemdro.idEnglish
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        11 days ago

        And if everyone blocked ads and couldn’t see sites that insisted on advertising, how would that work out for the websites?

        • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
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          11 days ago

          Totally fine. That website does not at all benefit from your presence if you’re not paying them in any way (unless it’s a social media website).