| I see your point, but here the problem is not only tracking, but ads serve. As a content provider, my content is "what the broadcast transmitter sent", this is a code sent from my server to the browser of the client. Now Mozilla and AdBlock extensions are modifying my code. It's very clear what I wish to send - my code, but this program is modifying my code. Superfish and other injection malware replace parts of my code with theirs, while ad blockers and Mozilla, just remove some of my code. As a content provider, ads or subscription (ad free) are my only ways to monetize. It's very hypocritical to disable ads and in the same time to make 97% of your money from Ad company. Almost all of Mozilla's revenue for 2013, the last year for which it has reported financials, came from search deals that make various providers, notably Google, the default in Firefox. Of the $314 million in revenue for 2013, $306 million, or 97%, came from the search deals.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2862717/mozilla-were-no... They are abusing their dominate positions and basically stealing from websites. The product "Mozilla" will be very popular because of the feature "Disable Ads and Track". They could make tons of donations because of that. And websites, that actually create content will serve content for free. I'm aware with ambitions of ISPs in Europe to disable ads for mobile, in the same way as Mozilla. They hope to milk Google, just like Mozilla and AdBlock.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/2/7963577/google-ads-get-thro...
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-microsoft-amazon-taboo...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/15/8610741/mobile-carriers-eu... I don't like tracking, bad ads and so on, but I don't believe some guys from Mozilla can decide what is good and what is not. |
No they are not modifying your code at all. They are taking the content you provide to the public network and presenting it according to the choices of the person who wants to read your content. I believe that adverts on your pages are served from servers other than your own and I think that in general (perhaps not on your sites) people in different parts of the world will see different adverts when viewing the same page.
If I am having a slow Internet day (don't ask) I ssh into my shell account and use the links text mode browser. Am I modifying your code then? No, just using a rather odd way of viewing Web pages.