[wplug] Firefox becomes adware

[John Lewis]

On 09/12/2015 08:44 AM, Justin Smith wrote:
> Remember how Mozilla upset the Firefox community by planning to include 
> advertisements in its "tiles" feature - the link squares that appear when 
> you open a new tab? Well, they've moved ahead with it anyway.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-gets-built-in-firebox-advertising-rolling/[1] 
>
> Luckily, you don't have to put up with this. There's a Firefox fork called Pale 
> Moon that's sufficiently developed to be called its own browser. It's like the 
> Firefox of yore: lean, mean, and without any of the random crap Mozilla has 
> been stuffing Firefox with lately, like Pocket, the Australis UI, and ads.
>
> https://www.palemoon.org/[2]
>
> I've been using Pale Moon for a couple of weeks now, and it meets my 
> needs. Give it a shot if you're curious! It's compatible with many Firefox 
> extensions. Some that aren't, like the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere, have been 
> forked and maintained by the Pale Moon community.
>
> For the record, I don't have a problem with companies trying to make 
> money, but I think advertising is one of the worst ways to do it.
>
>
> *Justin Smith*
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
> /"Unix is user-friendly; it's just very selective about who its friends are."/
>
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> [1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-gets-built-in-firebox-advertising-rolling/
> [2] https://www.palemoon.org/
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I is a good thing I am using Iceweasel. I hope Debian compiles the
adware out.

In the mean time, I wish a swift death for the now politically correct
Mozilla.