[HN Gopher] Mozilla Now Hitting Us with Full Page Ads
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       Mozilla Now Hitting Us with Full Page Ads
        
       Author : plinkplink
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-03-08 22:19 UTC (42 minutes ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.mozilla.org)
        
       | ryankrage77 wrote:
       | Firefox V89 was last 'not actively terrible' version in my
       | opinion. I've disabled updates and I'll continue using it until
       | it breaks or becomes too insecure. At that point I'll jump ship
       | to Waterfox or another browser.
       | 
       | Disabling updates was not straightforward. Settings in
       | about:config and GPO are ignored, I had to create a policies.json
       | as described here, https://support.mozilla.org/en-
       | US/questions/1304175.
        
       | plinkplink wrote:
       | I put enormous effort into blocking as much advertising and
       | marketing from my life as is humanly possible. I have written my
       | own browser plugins and scripts, I have created network-wide
       | blockers, I do not listen to the radio, I do not watch
       | television, I do not look at billboards.
       | 
       | I use Firefox to protect my privacy from advertisers and to block
       | ads. So you may be able to imaging my rage when Firefox updated
       | and automatically loaded this full-page ad from Our Dark Lord
       | Disney:
       | 
       | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/whatsnew/?oldvers...
       | 
       | It's no secret that Mozilla needs cash. But I imagine this move
       | is counter-productive as a lot of people like me, who support
       | them monetarily as much as I can by purchasing their various apps
       | and services, are driven away by loathsome ads.
       | 
       | you_have_become_the_very_thing_you_swore_to_destroy.meme
        
         | mtmail wrote:
         | I (based in Europe) see a page presenting Mozilla VPN. Are you
         | saying you see an ad for Disney?
         | 
         | [edit] I used a United States VPN now. Indeed a Disney ad for a
         | movie. In Europe it's a static page with some text about
         | Mozilla VPN.
        
           | plinkplink wrote:
           | Interesting. Yes; it is a slimy bait-and-switch ad for
           | Disney's newest animated series - ultimately an ad for their
           | streaming service. I will not support them by posting links
           | here.
        
             | AA-BA-94-2A-56 wrote:
             | Every day I consider saying 'to hell with it' and going
             | back to Safari.
        
           | detaro wrote:
           | for those of us outside the US and without VPN, archive.org
           | also captured it from the US: https://web.archive.org/web/202
           | 20308222503/https://www.mozil...
           | 
           | EDIT: vs screenshot what EU sees:
           | https://i.imgur.com/S1ueBQn.png
        
       | warning26 wrote:
       | It's depressing how it's becoming almost impossible to avoid
       | inbuilt advertising in web browsers.
       | 
       | I still am annoyed at Google for adding ads onto the new tab page
       | of Chrome. Yes, it's possible to use an extension to replace the
       | new tab page, but I don't _want_ a new new tab page, I want the
       | stock one without ads.
        
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