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Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off (www.techspot.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...

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[–] phoneymouse 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox gets like 90% of its revenue from making Google the default search engine.

If you want to keep Firefox independent consider donating:

https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/?form=donate

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bad advice. Donations to Mozilla go to the Foundation to fulfill it's 'mission', whatever it is, whereas FF development is done by Mozilla Corp. which can't legally take donations. Don't waste your money.

[–] phoneymouse 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you’re over thinking it. The foundation owns the corporation. The foundation has 10 principles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Manifesto

If you agree with them, consider donating.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not overthinking. It is what it is. You can't donate directly to impulse FF development. But you may buy subscriptions to Pocket/Relay or Mozilla VPN.

That said, I frankly don't know what Mozilla is up these days, nor I am interested in their survival. As far as I am concerned, they could disappear today and my life wouldn't change a single bit. I'd prefer to donate money to really useful ORGs on the likes of archive, wikipedia, OSM, Arch Linux, EFF and so on. Today's Mozilla is just a cash-grab mismanaged scam.

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get it about the corporation issues but do you even dislike firefox? Do you think it would be positive to have one less alternative to chrome? What browser do you use?