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Waterfox to integrate Brave adblock engine, with search ads enabled by default
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I'm not sure if I like this. I hope it can be configured in about:settings.
Personally I don't want any ad-tech related code in my browser, unless it's for blocking ads and tracking scripts.
Allowing ads on startpage probably doesn't really entail that though. It's probably just a simple rule adding an exception to the blocking rules.
It's not a good precedent though. If I was a Waterfox user, I'd be uneasy about this.
I am a Waterfox user. I am uneasy about this. Especially given that it's Brave Browser code. Fuck that company.
I'm gonna guess "very probably", but just like most recent changes in Mozilla Firefox too... It's really not looking good.