"ads = tracking/privacy issues"
If you have some facts why this should be true in general, then please go
ahead and explain them to us.
I can't see any reason why this should be true.
Technically, it is perfectly possible to show a banner of an online-shop
without sending any data to nsa or anybody else...
And since firefox is free software we can make sure that it's not doing this.
A much better idea than removing the ads, since this will increase the
financial dependancy of mozilla on google; THIS is helping google and the
nsa.
