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A comment on "Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on without asking you".

Re:"Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on... by metadat on Saturday July 13, 2024 @01:33PM (#40955466)
What incentivized Mozilla to do this? How does this get them more money? (I.e., who's paying M for this?)
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Re:"Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on... by lolinder on Saturday July 13, 2024 @02:19PM (#40955794)
They just bought an ad company.
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Re:"Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on... by tutipop on Saturday July 13, 2024 @10:09PM (#40958351)
And not just any ad company:

> Anonym was founded in 2022 by former Meta executives Brad Smallwood and Graham Mudd.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-anonym-raising-t...

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Re:"Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on... by ta57834774774 on Saturday July 13, 2024 @01:52PM (#40955598)
They have been Goog's pet for a long time. Only thing staving off antitrust.
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