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		metadat on July 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turne... What incentivized Mozilla to do this? How does this get them more money? (I.e., who's paying M for this?)

lolinder on July 13, 2024 | [–]

They just bought an ad company.

tutipop on July 14, 2024 | | [–]

And not just any ad company:

> Anonym was founded in 2022 by former Meta executives Brad Smallwood and Graham Mudd.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-anonym-raising-t...

ta57834774774 on July 13, 2024 | [–]

They have been Goog's pet for a long time. Only thing staving off antitrust.

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