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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by jessedhillon on Friday December 04, 2015 @10:46PM (#10680733)
Does anyone who shares this criticism have a reasonable, realistic plan for how Mozilla can make money? There's a very large payroll keeping this project alive, and apart from advertising revenue, I just don't see how you monetize a browser.
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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by sangnoir on Saturday December 05, 2015 @04:41AM (#10681410)
The question is how much money and at what (ideological) cost? Employing people is not Mozilla's core mission. As the recent Wired article[1] says "...the Mozilla Corp. must still find ways to make money so it can pay the people to develop Firefox. But if its money-making schemes stray too far from Mozilla’s ideological roots, there will be little to distinguish Mozilla from every other Silicon Valley outfit"

I hold Mozilla to a higher standard, just as Mozilla ought to.

1. http://www.wired.com/2015/12/mozilla-is-flailing-when-the-we...

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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by funkyy on Friday December 04, 2015 @11:45PM (#10680915)
If you cannot monetize core product create some additional ones that will bring you revenue. They do not need to make money from browser, but they can make money by using this platform to promoting other, paid products.
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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by scrollaway on Saturday December 05, 2015 @01:34AM (#10681127)
Pocket is not monetized. The sponsored tiles happened to be, but the symptoms are not related to greed... which arguably is even scarier.
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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by detaro on Saturday December 05, 2015 @03:10AM (#10681266)
Well, apparently there is a "revenue sharing agreement" with regards to Pocket, despite the previous statements that Pocket didn't pay for the integration.
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Re:Mozilla to stop Sponsored Tiles in Firefox by dao- on Saturday December 05, 2015 @07:14AM (#10681675)
Pocket didn't pay for the integration, period. Now, whether there's money flowing as a result of the integration is an interesting question. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10681622
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