> but people are seriously deluding themselves when they think ads enhance the browsing experience.
That's because people tend to think of ads as one thing, when in reality, paid for features that enhance the browsing experience is something that people are quite happy with.
Firefox already does this with the search bar, and with default new window screen, both of which advertise for Google. It happens to also provide a service people find useful.
It sounds like Mozilla is seeing how it can apply this type of advertising to other parts of the browser.
> We're stuck with ads anyway, so why don't we come up with silly reasons to like them
HN supports ads. We just don't see it as ads because it's highly targeted and something we are interested in. Is it any less an ad because you want it?
That's because people tend to think of ads as one thing, when in reality, paid for features that enhance the browsing experience is something that people are quite happy with.
Firefox already does this with the search bar, and with default new window screen, both of which advertise for Google. It happens to also provide a service people find useful.
It sounds like Mozilla is seeing how it can apply this type of advertising to other parts of the browser.
> We're stuck with ads anyway, so why don't we come up with silly reasons to like them
HN supports ads. We just don't see it as ads because it's highly targeted and something we are interested in. Is it any less an ad because you want it?