Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page

Re:Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page by coffekaesque on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @12:28PM (#18801122)

Honestly I don't care how harsh this sounds but they should fire their entire marketing department. Or the people who are approving the bullshit we've been seeing for the past what, 2~3 years?

They're either completely clueless, don't care about damaging the brand or are just malicious. And in the process, accordingly to themselves, they aren't even making money just partners and good feels, right?

We can't afford to lose Mozilla and Firefox.

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Re:Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page by pseudalopex on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @12:51PM (#18801261)

Mozilla denied taking money to integrate Pocket but admitted much later to getting money for referrals. "It was not a paid placement" may not mean "we did this for free".

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Re:Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page by Signez on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @12:47PM (#18801238)

Is Mozilla in any way a democratic organization? I understand that the Corp is 100% owned by the Foundation, but how does it work?

Can we do anything, as users, to stop these people from hurting Mozilla, without stopping to use Firefox everyday?

Are they, in any way, accountable to their bad performance for all those recent years?

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Re:Firefox shows ads for Booking.com in New Tab page by pseudalopex on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @02:01PM (#18801634)

The Corporation CEO answers to the Corporation directors. The Corporation directors answer to the Foundation. The Foundation is controlled by the Foundation directors. The Foundation directors elect themselves.

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