Blocking cryptominers from Firefox
Why do we treat advertisements and crypto-mining so differently?<p>They both waste your machines resources, without specific opt in, to generate a profit.<p><i>Unauthorized cryptominers are scripts ... that run energy-sucking operations on your web browser without your knowledge or consent. They literally steal your system’s computing power to make money. We think that’s deeply shady...</i><p>What then, are advertisements?