Mozilla CEO's Comments on Potential Ad Blocker Restrictions in Firefox Raise Concerns
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Summary
The article discusses concerns about Mozilla's potential plans to block ad blockers in Firefox, based on an interview with the new CEO Enzor-DeMeo. The author interprets the CEO's comments as suggesting that while he claims not to want to block ad blockers, the possibility was considered for financial gain (estimated $150 million). The author expresses disappointment and sadness about this potential direction, noting their long history with Firefox and concern that it goes against Mozilla's mission.
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It may be just me, but I read this as 'I don't want to 😜 😜 but I'll kill AdBlockers in Firefox for buckerinos 😂'.
This disappoints and saddens me a lot, and I hope I'm wrong.
I've been using Firefox before it was called that.
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