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by Dylan16807 2800 days ago
Doing nothing is not advertising. The only way for this to be used in advertisement was from Mr. Robot fans to Firefox.

> lack of consent

Pretend it was a copy of about:blank when you answer this question: What makes this different from the giant pile of patches merged into each release of firefox that you don't read?
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Karunamon 2800 days ago
How many of those Firefox patches are advertising references to then-popular media as opposed to new features, security fixes, and so forth?

Again. Purpose.

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Dylan16807 2800 days ago
That's not answering why it would be wrong even if it was about:blank.
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Dylan16807 2800 days ago
(I'm making this a separate post because I don't want any distractions in the other one.)

If they had done it correctly, it would have been invisible and it would not have advertised anything to firefox users. That is the purpose. It showing up the way it did was an oversight.

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