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Re:Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser by chc on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:34PM (#7221379)
What is the right direction for an organization like Mozilla that needs to keep its lights on and pay a sizeable host of highly skilled developers?
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Re:Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser by ivraatiems on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:52PM (#7221492)
Well, what are they doing now? Obviously it's been successful in keeping them open.

Is there evidence they are actually in financial trouble and need this help?

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Re:Mozilla to deliver ads in its Firefox browser by chc on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @07:52PM (#7221746)
What they're doing now is taking money from a large multinational advertising corporation that is also a direct competitor in the browser business. So Mozilla is already ad-supported, just at one level of indirection, with less control over how the ads are able to invade your privacy, and subject to the whims of a hostile party.
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