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This is not a good look for firefox (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Almost all the links in my front homepage are sponsored now. What's next, a few ads in the bookmark bar? How about when I enter a URL, I then have to type "McDonald's" before I can actually navigate there?

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[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How do you get this? My home page just has some recent links

[–] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depending on where you got Firefox from, default settings are different. Maybe your distro ships with these deactivated.

[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Yep. I get it from Librewolf. 😁

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fresh install.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

on mobile, too, it looks like. on pc, i've only ever seen half that many, plus google pops in there if you switch your search default. click-dismiss and they're gone. toggle a couple settings, done. they don't come back.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the same garbage we condemn Windows for, though. It's still not okay.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

nah in firefox those ads can be disabled by unchecking a checkbox, in windows it's probably not just an easy to find checkbox and i bet after removing the ads they'll just come back after an update.