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

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

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

[-] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 2 months ago

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. ๐Ÿ˜

[-] paequ2@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago
[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

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

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.

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