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The new Mozilla CEO says he could block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that it would bring in another $150 million, but he doesn't want to do that. Lmao. This guy has really lost the plot. Is he issuing threats to the users of an open-source project? Boy, what a disaster.

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Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself? 17 de dezembro de 2025 In an interview with β€œThe Verge”, the new Mozilla CEO, Enzor-DeMeo, IMHO hints that axing adblockers is something that, at the very least, was on the table in some form and at some point. From the article: "He says he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that’d bring in another $150 million, but he doesn’t want to do that. It feels off-mission." It may be just me, but I read this as β€œI don't want to 😜 😜 but I'll kill AdBlockers in Firefox for buckerinos πŸ˜‚β€. This disappoints and saddens me a lot, and I hope I'm wrong.

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πŸ“ Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?


In an interview with β€œThe Verge”, the new Mozilla CEO, Enzor-DeMeo, IMHO hints that axing adblockers is something that, at the very least, was on the table in some form and at some point. From the article:

He says he could begin to block ad blockers in Firefox and estimates that’d bring in another $150 million, but he doesn’t want to do that. It feels off-mission.


It may be just me, but I read this as β€œI don't want to 😜 😜 but I'll kill AdBlockers in Firefox for buckerinos πŸ˜‚β€. This disappoints and saddens me a lot, and I hope I'm wrong. I've been using Firefox before it was called that. Heck, I even used the Mozilla Application Suite back in the day. It was its commitment to open standards and the open web, and its powerful add-on system, that attracted me to its software.

Honestly, that's what's been keeping me. I think that's also what's been keeping their loyal base of users with the project, the geeks and nerds that care about privacy. It's the same group of people who helped it get very popular at one point.

Killing one of its advantages over the Chromium engine, being able to have a fucking adblocker that's actually useful, and that nowadays is a fucking security feature due to malvertising, will be another nail in the coffin, IMHO. The core community will feel disenfranchised, and this may have negative consequences for the project. You know why? Because these are some of the people that the normies turn to when they want tech advice.

For fuck sake, for-profit side of Mozilla, get a damn grip!

#Mozilla #Firefox #AdBlocker #OpenSource #FOSS



Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks Mozilla and Firefox still have a role to play in the web, even as things shift toward AI.
David Pierce (The Verge)

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People use ad blockers to protect their computers from scams and malware because Google and other ad companies have failed to do so. They put profit above everything else. I can't believe this guy is on a mission to kill Firefox by the end of this year. People who use ad blockers are also less likely to buy your product if you bug them too much. I can't believe Mozilla has fallen to this level, where the CEO openly issues soft threats for a product that has little market share left.

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Here we have a little fishie who fancies himself a shark, who thinks that just because we can swim when it suits our purpose to do so, that we must play by the rules of his pond.

He's about to find out why OSS can't be monopolized, bought out, coerced, or bribed.

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I'm thankful he's saying that it 'feels off-mission', but would rather him say it "_is_ off mission", as feelings can change. A mission statement presented to the community of users would mean more. I don't want to be more pessimistic.
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:( Long way from use Firefox to protect your privacy. It's like the Google 180 from "don't be evil."
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I invite all my friends to read my article _"Why I Stopped Using Firefox and Adopted Brave (and Librewolf for Enhanced Privacy)"_

pepo.xyz/posts/why-i-switched-…


Why I Stopped Using Firefox and Adopted Brave (and Librewolf for Enhanced Privacy) - Pepo Blog

This article explains the author's decision to stop using Firefox after new Terms of Use raised concerns about data handling.
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@p3p0 you switched from Firefox to a product of a company doing advertisment business?
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conspiracy theory: new Mozilla CEO is a Google plant to destroy their competitor from the inside πŸ€”
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@Number1SummerJam When almost all of Mozilla's money comes from Google (I heard it's currently about 80 percent), then Firefox is already effectively a Google product.

We need an independent third browser with a web engine not based on Chrome and not based on Firefox, and we need it now before Google orders Mozilla to block uBlock Origin in Firefox.

And this third browser needs to be developed outside of the politically unstable and unpredictable USA, by a FOSS project, not company.

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@harmone @Number1SummerJam
Not solving "we need it now" (Alpha version targeted for Summer 2026), but ladybird.org/ might cover some of your criterias. Downsides seem to be: 1. based in US (but as a non-profit organization) and 2. The current architecture doesn't plan for windows and mobile versions. Future plans to develop versions for non unix-like environments will require very big efforts ("considerable changes required to make it work well outside a Unix-like env…")

Ladybird

Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, backed by a non-profit.
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