[kilovoltaire]

Somewhat relatedly, has Firefox ever considering having a built-in ad blocker?

That would really set it apart, in my opinion.

[wavefunction]

Funny you might mention that:

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/dotcommentary/article/Mozil...

Well, more sad than funny.

[chimeracoder]

Mozilla's funding comes primarily from search partners (namely Google)[0][1] - I don't think they could do this and still survive as a company at this point, sadly.

At the same time, if every Firefox user donated even $1 to Mozilla, they wouldn't need to take this money[2], and could probably be a bit more carefree in these decisions.

[0] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2012/f...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox

[kilovoltaire]

Haha wow thanks for the info. I had no idea that they're almost entirely funded by an ad company (Google); so much for that idea!