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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In a healthy market new browsers need to be able to enter.. but browsers are so complex from the reckless, endless feature creep that creating a new browser securely (or at all) is unreasonable. (Luckily they are open source and can be forked but the changes are minor compared to the base. A Chromium fork is still Chromium at the end of the day).

Supporting the ad-driven internet is contrary to what is wanted by many users of Firefox/flavors and there is no alternative. It was said that they would destroy the Sith, not join them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Supporting the ad-driven internet

The thing is that there's not really a good alternative. There's real costs in running a service - servers, bandwidth, staff, etc. Either you pay for content directly (subscription services), someone else pays for you (which is the case with many Lemmy servers where admins are paying out of their own pockets), or ads cover the cost for you. People want to use the web for free, so ad-supported content is going to be around for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would rather pay for works directly, so I prefer a browser with no ads ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, that makes sense. A lot of people can't afford that though, especially in poorer countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

But then advertising to them is less lucrative too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I disliked adverts so much as a time waster of limited human life. There may not be a good alternative to dumping toxic waste into a river, for example, but I still think we shouldn't do it.

Can't speak for others but I do donate (not as much as I'd like) to Wikipedia and buy merch from some creators (if I like it for what it is).