Re: Advertising and commercial services in free software
On 10/05/2015 05:50 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 05 October 2015 19:58:19 Timothy Hobbs wrote:
>> Lately, I feel that this trust has been violated. Most notably, by the
>> addition of advertisements to iceweasel's new tab page.
>> http://timothy.hobbs.cz/iceweasel-ads.png See the "Booking.com"
>> sponsored link.
>
> I don't see that. Do other people?
Yes, I believe it's the default for new install and those of us who do
not save our settings. I must say it is a nice feature much like a quick
launcher.
> I see only suggestions of sites I have visited - and I can even turn
> them off.
> I leave them on because I find them quite useful.
Yes, it can be controlled. Nice!
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