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| Thread ID: 84139 | 2007-10-25 16:14:00 | Google-Firefox Divorce? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 605314 | 2007-10-25 16:14:00 | It's pretty common knowledge that Mozilla has endangered its future by embracing AdBlock Plus, a Firefox plug-in that puts the kibosh on all sorts of internet ads, including many served up by Google . As AdBlock becomes more and more popular, the Mountain View outfit may or may not take issue with the plug-in . Speaking of a "concentrations of risks": "Mozilla has a contract with a search engine provider for royalties," reads a footnote buried at the bottom of their statement . "Approximately 85 per cent of Mozilla's revenue was derived from this contact . " Yes, and that search engine provider is Google . HOWEVER . . . . if it does threaten to divest, it certainly has the financial leverage to take some action . BECAUSE . . . . Google's contract with Mozilla runs out in November next year . Maybe Google will kill Firefox . . which appears to have a life of it's own with or without Google . Is there a change in the air? :mad: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 605315 | 2007-10-25 17:22:00 | I think this is a shame, as those ads are what is paying for our internet content and they are fairly innocuous really ! Pops were annoying ! Regards Digby |
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| 605316 | 2007-10-25 19:05:00 | Doubt there will be a problem.... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 605317 | 2007-10-25 19:36:00 | Obviously Google can put their money where they wish. (Even give it to Willie Gates to prop up IE. :lol: ) Philisophically however, it is a question of who determines what percentage of our viewing is non-advertising. Having avoided TV for a month or three, I find that if I select the TV, it is almost inevitable that it will be showing ads at switch on, which leads to prompt switch-off. I hope the web does not go the same way. ABP is selective; so intrusive and objectionable ads get lost, ads which do not offend stay around. If you blame the ad blocker for the reaction of users to what they view as offensive, do we have the beginning of reverse censorship? If ads had a button that let viewers report their reaction to it (a worm?) would that influence advertisers to cease their more obnoxious behaviour? If said viewer reaction was the data that determined how the ad blocker made it's yes/no display permissions it might be a useful ad improver in the long term. (Survival of the least obnoxious.) I am not enamoured of canvassers knocking on my door, if it was compulsory to allow them entry into my home each time they knock, I might decide a warning shot through the head as they start up the path is a handy option. In the same vein, a "No Junk Mail" sticker on my letter box should be an allowable choice for me shouldn't it? The postie is not a bad person, so I have no wish to "plumb ventilate" her. |
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| 605318 | 2007-10-26 08:36:00 | I agree with Digby - why would anyone give a toss about a couple of ads down the side of a web-page?? Until I looked just now, I had never heard of Gear Guide (they're advertised now on the PressF1 page, at least my page, that is.) |
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