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Episode Synopsis
Mozilla adds ad tracking to its Firefox web browser, while the Kagi search engine eschews ads in favor of a paid search business model.
Mozilla announces Firefox ad tracking on their blog
Mozilla knowledge base entry on “Privacy-Preserving Attribution”
Browser market share over last decade
Kagi search engine
Why pay for search?
Kagi Lenses
Kagi personalized results
Kagi URL re-direction feature
Other Kagi features
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
Mozilla announces Firefox ad tracking on their blog
Mozilla knowledge base entry on “Privacy-Preserving Attribution”
Browser market share over last decade
Kagi search engine
Why pay for search?
Kagi Lenses
Kagi personalized results
Kagi URL re-direction feature
Other Kagi features
You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space.
Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.
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