Mozilla clarifies, defends Firefox ad position

ZD Net ^ | 14 February 2014 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

[ShadowAce]

I know that if they start placing ads where I can't block them, I will probably switch browsers.

[ShadowAce]

[Dr. Sivana]

I’d rather pay $30 for a browser with no ads FOREVER and be done with it.

[petro45acp]

Aaaaannnnnd Mozilla adds to the internet search/demographic/content bubble.

Wonder if duckduckgo makes a browser......

KYPD

[ShadowAce]

There's always Midori.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

The ads on youtube really tick me off!

[GeronL]

There are other browsers

[GeronL]

There are probably browsers using duckduckgo as default

[GeronL]

GNOME Epiphany is in beta and Duckduckgo is the default search emgine

[GeronL]

I would use Chromium or Midori or something. Anyone ever use Lynx?

[TheZMan]

I’d rather they fix the bugs and performance problems that have consistently gotten worse over the last 3 years than worry about writing another damn OS.

They keep this up and they’ll be gone in 5 years. They have lost their way like so many before them.

[ShadowAce]

I use Lynx when verifying my ping list. It’s used in the script I wrote.

[ShadowAce]

Midori also uses DuckDuckGo as its default

[GeronL]

Open source ...right?

Someone could tweak the code and release it under a new name

[TomGuy]

On my laptop and desktop (Win 7 machines), I use FF 15. That was the last version that seemed to have less conflicts and problems. Mozilla’s rapid release is crap.

I also occasionally use their FF portable at version 23.

FF has become bloatware and caused more conflicts than it resolved. I had trouble with some versions and Adobe Flash, PDF files, etc.

FF has become more of a hassle than it is worth. It used to be a great browser.

[ShadowAce]

Agreed—it’ll be interesting to see it they get any flack over this.

[TomGuy]

The ads on youtube really tick me off!

At least, many time, you can click the 'skip ad' button after a few seconds.

Youtube has also become unwatchable due to the pop-ups during the video stream. Many times, the little X to close them doesn't even show up until you run the mouse pointer around the edges.

Many of these companies are doing the same thing they did to TV -- cramming them with commercials.

[dayglored]

I move between Windows, Mac OS-X, and Linux all day long at both work and home. I require a consistent browser environment that spans all three, having web/browser based tools (not to mention bookmarks, etc.) that need to run the same across all three.

Do you know of a cross-platform browser that approaches Firefox in capability, including (for example) both Flash and some sort of selective Flash-blocking add-on? I rely on being able to enable and use Flash only when I want it. And then there's GreaseMonkey which is an integral part of my Freeping experience...

[ShadowAce]

As I mentioned above, Midori is cross-platform, but I do not know about its capabilities.

[novemberslady]

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