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by benoau 196 days ago
Firefox. If it weren't for them the entire internet would be controlled by Google and Apple, who have an ad-revenue sharing agreement that perhaps has already influenced ad blocking in their browsers, who keep mobile browsers ten steps behind desktop browsers where they each have a massive financial interest in driving users to apps instead.
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> Firefox. If it weren't for them the entire internet would be controlled by Google and Apple, who have an ad-revenue sharing agreement that perhaps has already influenced ad blocking in their browsers

85% of Mozilla’s revenue comes from its ad sharing agreement with Google.

What ads do you think an iOS/Mac user running Safari and something like 1Blocker (been around for over a decade) see?