Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble

reddig33 , 7 months ago

Can we please stop with the browser bloat? This is something that should be a plug-in, not a kitchen sink feature.

1984 , 7 months ago

I actually don't agree, and the reason is - non tech people. You and me can install plugins but ordinary people don't do that. So the default experience must be good, offering improvements to the experience over Google Chrome.

Otherwise all privacy features could also be plugins. Imagine if that was true. Firefox would have no identity and you would have to install plugins and make it your own.

So some features should be built in. Maybe the ability to get pop-ups about false reviews will actually make users go "wow that is so useful".

Engywuck , 7 months ago

Now, let's talk about adblockers... Oh, wait, Google would get upset if FF had an inbuilt adblocker and could stop giving us those $weet money...

Honytawk , 7 months ago

If Google stopped sponsoring, Mozilla would go down and Google would get slammed with anti-monopoly lawsuits from the EU.

So Mozilla can do whatever they want and Google won't stop sending them money. Since that is a lot more profitable in the long run.

Engywuck , 7 months ago

Mozilla can do whatever they want and Google won’t stop sending them money.

So... What are they waiting for? Are they going to rely on gorhill for ever?

jtk , 7 months ago

You want Mozilla choosing what gets blocked?

jdaxe , 3 months ago

Sure, as long as we still have options to disable their blocker and use a 3rd party one if we choose. It's astounding how many users don't bother to install an adblocker and it would be a massive improvement for those users who don't know better.

There's been more than one occasion that I've used a family member's PC and they have Firefox installed without a single extension, they didn't even know that extensions existed.