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Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Now, let's talk about adblockers... Oh, wait, Google would get upset if FF had an inbuilt adblocker and could stop giving us those $weet money...

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago

If Google stopped sponsoring, Mozilla would go down and Google would get slammed with anti-monopoly lawsuits from the EU.

So Mozilla can do whatever they want and Google won't stop sending them money. Since that is a lot more profitable in the long run.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee -4 points 8 months ago

Mozilla can do whatever they want and Google won’t stop sending them money.

So... What are they waiting for? Are they going to rely on gorhill for ever?

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

You want Mozilla choosing what gets blocked?

[-] jdaxe@infosec.pub 0 points 4 months ago

Sure, as long as we still have options to disable their blocker and use a 3rd party one if we choose. It's astounding how many users don't bother to install an adblocker and it would be a massive improvement for those users who don't know better.

There's been more than one occasion that I've used a family member's PC and they have Firefox installed without a single extension, they didn't even know that extensions existed.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Use LibreWolf. It's Firefox with pre-installed uBlock Origin and pre-configured privacy settings. It also doesn't have any of the Firefox bloat like Pocket

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Blockers need to be an extension, keeps everyone honest.

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