Mozilla develops a paid AdBlock system that will benefit only selected media

Robert Sole 7 July 2019

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Firefox developers create a system to block advertising that has a cost of $ 5 per month that will be distributed among related media.

Pop-ups and intrusive ads are a major headache for users who browse on a daily basis. Currently the most important browsers are already working to block them, provided they are invasive. For this, Mozilla has developed the 'Firefox Ad-free Internet' system. The company is sending emails to users where it is proposed to surf the net without suffering the abuse of advertising.

Those who want to have an advertising free experience using Firefox will not do it for free. In order to access this service, you must pay $ 5 per month. From Firefox they highlight that: “we will share the payment directly with the websites you read. They will make more money, which means they can provide you with great content without having to distract you with ads just to keep the lights on. "

Firefox launches a paid ad blocker

This system is not highly attractive, since there are a large number of AdBlock extensions that suppress advertising on websites and YouTube. The most difficult part is that they will only focus on pages that they consider appropriate. They have not given more data, but it may be that they are popular websites or that they actively support the project.

Those who will benefit from the income from Firefox will be American websites, the first to enter the project. Mostly they will be prominent media. This is the privatization of AdBlocks and uBlocks that seek to favor only a few. As always to the smallest media, that they give us.

This Firefox decision is curious, because these large media have videos that are launched without user authorization. They generate a strong impact in terms of the user experience. Those who will be harmed are media like ours, more modest, that we will lose the already meager income while the big media are lined up. A clear disincentive for those who want to have their own independent and informative media.