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Mozilla is going to sell VPN subscriptions within Firefox
Beginning October 24th, the ad will show for select US-based Firefox users who are running the latest version — Firefox 62 — on desktop. If eligible and browsing on an unsecured network, you'll be shown an ad in the top right corner of your Firefox window that prompts you to click through to a sign up page.
Mozilla is offering ProtonVPN's services for $10 a month, which is actually $2 more than if you signed up for the same package directly through ProtonVPN. But, the majority of the revenue from ProtonVPN subscriptions that are processed through Mozilla will go directly to Mozilla. Both companies are banking that people will have good will about paying a little more in order to support their "shared goal of making the internet a safer place."
Also at ZDNet.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Chromium_One on Tuesday October 23 2018, @07:19PM
Good points. Glad I'm not dependent on too many plugins. As for performance, I've found a notable difference between Waterfox 56 and FF 62. Most of the time it's not much, but the little bit of extra lag here and there would annoy me if for some reason I had to go back to Waterfox now. Also, would be helpful if prior poster had stated why they require Quantum builds.
For Pale Moon, uh, at a first glance, the entire controversy looks like nothing more than ego and stupidity. Couple of addons are flagged by PM to pop up warnings about compatibility, yet continue to function. Everyone involved then loses their minds and when challenged, doubles down on whatever stance they've chosen.
When you live in a sick society, everything you do is wrong.