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It's not Mozilla that I would fear in this ... it's the people to whom they sell the information. One of the biggest fears we should have on the internet is the corporate advertising companies ... It's one thing to take 8 minutes out of every half hour of television for in your face advertising, but internet ads are insidious and we have negligible control over them. |
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| said by sbrook  :It's not Mozilla that I would fear in this ... it's the people to whom they sell the information. One of the biggest fears we should have on the internet is the corporate advertising companies In reality, isn't this one and the same? If Firefox were to "sell" data which I am a part of, don't they OWE ME a percentage? In a non-profit "open source" environment, I need to be informed, and compensated for my part in the "profit" making, no?
The two worlds are incompatible. That very incompatibility is the reason for Firefox's very existence; the fundamental disconnect between free and open, and profit-based software, is what is being attacked here.
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Dogfather
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Your compensation is getting to use the Mozilla browser for FREE.
Everyone expects something and is willing to give NOTHING. |
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| said by Dogfather :Why would you be entitled to a percentage? If the money is a result of MY labor, I am entitled to the profits associated with it.
said by Dogfather : Your compensation is getting to use the Mozilla browser for FREE. Exactly! My getting to use Firefox for free is the basis of it's existence. Once you begin SELLING my browsing history, it is no longer "free", I am now paying for it by having to deal with the ramifications of the sale, in the form of marketing agents harassing me for sales profit. Just look at the E-Mail/Spam industry. You pay dearly for the "right" to communicate with others. I for one, loathe to see the open-source, free, and user-supported Firefox, become just another marketing tool for corporate America!
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4 edits | What labor? It's passive, not active data collection.
You aren't filling out a survey, they would be collecting anonymous information while you're doing what you would ALREADY be doing.
Meanwhile where does it say that Mozilla Foundation would charge others for the data they collect? I missed it.
Still waiting for a reason not to opt in and help the Mozilla Foundation whether it is by getting them helpful data, or God forbid a couple of bucks for the work us users of their software get the benefit of. |
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