[xg15]

What I don't get is how they keep doing those "it might look like an ad except we don't even get paid" stunts. Honestly, to me this seems even worse than actually inserting genuine ads. That would be horrible as well, but at least I knew they are a way to support Mozilla.

Those "partnerships" on the other hand seem all about showing that Mozilla is willing to sacrifice any kind of UI integrity or user control in order to advertise their user base as capital - without even gaining them anything.

What is going on there?

...or are some people in charge at Mozilla really delusional enough to believe the "this is our thank you to our users" line?

[pseudalopex]

Mozilla representatives stressed that Mozilla didn't receive any money for integrating Pocket. They conveniently left out that Mozilla did receive money for referrals. The statement that the Booking.com ad "was not a paid placement" may be intentionally misleading.