2016-02-18 at 1:29 AM UTC
Removes ads and replaces them with ads based on your browsing history.
Yeah fuck that shit.
2016-02-18 at 3:12 AM UTC
I like Eich, even if he did inflict javascript on us and hates homos. He is, based on all available evidence, a really smart guy and I can really get behind the work he did and values he espoused in the early mozilla days. This just doesn't seem like a great idea though. There are a lot of things wrong with web browsers in 2016 but ads aren't one of them (that's a content issue, "fixing" it at the browser level is just wrong). Also the comment about "we went with chromium because we did some science stuff and it's faster than gecko (which happens to be made by the company that kicked my ass to the curb)" got a good chuckle out of me. If I had to put money on it I'd say it's probably true chromium really is faster but not to a degree that represents any business significance.
2016-02-18 at 3:56 AM UTC
Honestly I was more interested in seeing a Hewfil1 post than I care about the browser.