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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by moron4hire on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:12AM (#13675232)
Mozilla may not be an ads company, but they make the vast majority of their money from giving space to ads companies.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by gkya on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:41AM (#13675391)
Where's that space?
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by TAForObvReasons on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:51AM (#13675453)
Search companies -- formerly Google, now Yahoo and others -- pay Mozilla so that the browser defaults to their search engine. While it may not be a display ad, it's effectively funded by advertising.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by sp332 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @03:07PM (#13676427)
From November 2014 to December 2015, they had ads in the new tab page.
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