> Firefox does not opt-in their users to inserting Firefox's own affiliate codes
they opt users into telemetry and “experiments” instead, and the entire business is almost entirely kept alive with funding from Google, despite claims to care about privacy.
All significantly worse issues compared to adding affiliate links to a few sites. Affiliate links don’t pay for traffic, they pay for new user acquisition or sales. It’s no different than sponsored tabs / cards in Mozilla today.
Again, opting in telemetry tracking is not injecting your affiliate codes to get paid for traffic you send as a browser.
It's fascinating the loops that people are going through (it doesn't exist, if does exist it's not that bad, poisoning the well, etc.) to apologize for this scummy behavior by Brave.
they opt users into telemetry and “experiments” instead, and the entire business is almost entirely kept alive with funding from Google, despite claims to care about privacy.
All significantly worse issues compared to adding affiliate links to a few sites. Affiliate links don’t pay for traffic, they pay for new user acquisition or sales. It’s no different than sponsored tabs / cards in Mozilla today.