• breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I don’t hate it, I guess. Good promo for Firefox for sure. Is it the best use of Mozilla’s resources though?

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      5 days ago

      Hopefully it’ll lead to more users, using the default search engine, and clicking ads, thereby paying for itself? Or I’d already be happy with just more users to give Google less control over the web :)

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        5 days ago

        Hopefully it’ll lead to more users, using the default search engine, and clicking ads

        Nothing says “underdog” like pushing people to Google

        Satya Nadella

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      5 days ago

      All signs point to this being a rather pricy advertisement.

      Mozilla will provide the user counts in their statistics, though, although it’s unclear what will count as profitable.

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        5 days ago

        Hmm. That’s actually less expensive than I thought - and against their ~$650M revenue. It’s probably worth it? They’re on the uniforms, in the doc, and they have Ryan Reynolds saying they’re underdogs fighting for truth and justice.

        I checked the comments over at The Athletic and you can see them reaching new people in real time. Doesn’t necessarily mean new users though, of course.

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          5 days ago

          That’s Google revenue (and certainly not profit) - but if Mozilla has millions to burn on a sponsorship, sure would be neat if they quit double dipping by filling their browser with ads