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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by olyjohn on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:07PM (#36078104)
I've been donating to them every year for the past 5+ years. Given them every benefit of the doubt... Even defended them. Then this popup came up on all my machines this morning, so no more.

Now to find another browser... Maybe some Firefox fork or something? Like WTF every other browser is Chromium... Man this sucks, I'm about ready to quit the internet.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by bluGill on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:22PM (#36078212)
No you haven't been donating to them. You probably donated to a Mozilla foundation that is related, but no dollars went to funding Firefox.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by labster on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:37PM (#36078333)
The Mozilla Foundation should really sever all ties with the Mozilla Corporation. There’s no way that they should want to be associated with such a scummy company as a public charity.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by account42 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:15AM (#36125844)
Mozilla Corporation CEO: Mitchell Baker

Mozilla Foundation Chair: Mitchell Baker

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by justinclift on Thursday May 25, 2023 @11:33PM (#36079501)
If it helps, I've been using LibreWolf as a secondary browser for a while and haven't noticed issues:

https://librewolf.net

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