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This is the exact same thing they said they wouldn't do, and now they're doing it. This is very unfortunate. I'm not liking how the future is looking here. Fir

This is the exact same thing they said they wouldn't do, and now they're doing it. This is very unfortunate. I'm not liking how the future is looking here. Fired a bunch of people, then announce a partnership with Google, and now this.

addicted 6y ago
When did they say they wouldn’t do that? I am not seeing the big concern around promoting paid ads on the add on site assuming they are clearly marked as such. That’s how they’ve made money since the beginning except it was ads on all searches, and it was google doing the infrastructure work for them.
lykr0n 6y ago
The company needs money. They're the only browser out there not directly controlled by Google & Apple.
- aninteger 6y ago
  Do they though? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-go...
  - TheChaplain 6y ago
    Yes. It's unwise to depend on a sole source of income.
    - ffpip 6y ago
      I don't think browsers can make money so easily, except in the case of Opera which started collecting browsing history to show full page ads.
    - jrott 6y ago
      Yeah this seems like an ok experiment so they aren't totally dependent on google for income.
  - MCOfficer 6y ago
    they just had to lay off dozens.
- beervirus 6y ago
  Step 1: fire everybody who isn't a programmer. Step 2: budget problem is solved.
  - acdha 6y ago
    Step 3: learn the hard way why companies founded by nerds who are dismissive of entire other professions tend to go out of business even faster
    - outworlder 6y ago
      > by nerds Really? Was that necessary?
      - acdha 6y ago
        Having been a nerd immersed in nerd culture for a few decades, I would suggest you consider that question in light of the degree to which the referenced trope is popular in our community. Yes, there are individual people who don’t contribute enough but that doesn’t mean that entire fields are useless any more than developers who slack or code for job security are an accurate representation of our field.
random_dork1 6y ago
> This is the exact same thing they said they wouldn't do. Please explain. Your comment is very negative with 0 reasoning.

addicted 6y ago

When did they say they wouldn’t do that? I am not seeing the big concern around promoting paid ads on the add on site assuming they are clearly marked as such. That’s how they’ve made money since the beginning except it was ads on all searches, and it was google doing the infrastructure work for them.

lykr0n 6y ago

The company needs money. They're the only browser out there not directly controlled by Google & Apple.

aninteger 6y ago
Do they though? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-go...
- TheChaplain 6y ago
  Yes. It's unwise to depend on a sole source of income.
  - ffpip 6y ago
    I don't think browsers can make money so easily, except in the case of Opera which started collecting browsing history to show full page ads.
  - jrott 6y ago
    Yeah this seems like an ok experiment so they aren't totally dependent on google for income.
- MCOfficer 6y ago
  they just had to lay off dozens.
beervirus 6y ago
Step 1: fire everybody who isn't a programmer. Step 2: budget problem is solved.
- acdha 6y ago
  Step 3: learn the hard way why companies founded by nerds who are dismissive of entire other professions tend to go out of business even faster
  - outworlder 6y ago
    > by nerds Really? Was that necessary?
    - acdha 6y ago
      Having been a nerd immersed in nerd culture for a few decades, I would suggest you consider that question in light of the degree to which the referenced trope is popular in our community. Yes, there are individual people who don’t contribute enough but that doesn’t mean that entire fields are useless any more than developers who slack or code for job security are an accurate representation of our field.

random_dork1 6y ago

> This is the exact same thing they said they wouldn't do. Please explain. Your comment is very negative with 0 reasoning.