I love the new sponsored clickbait in my firefox start page (feddit.it)

submitted 4 months ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Wow, that's awesome! I was very sad without the clickbait articles. I was staring at Firefox thinking "i wish it had a cluttered start page with clickbait articles and sponsored content like MS Edge" - and then with this new update the devs nailed it! Thanks!

That's really perfect!

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[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 19 points 4 months ago

I just have an empty new tab page. There is no need to use about:config to set this setting. The Firefox > Settings > Home the homepage for new windows or new tabs separately. At least the recent activity for Visited pages is useful for new window. I highly recommend to Sponsored Shortcuts, which is an alternative term for advertisement. Or just turn off the Firefox Home for newtabs by setting it to Blank Page.

[-] electro1@infosec.pub -4 points 4 months ago

Sponsored Shortcuts, which is an alternative term for advertisement

That's simply incorrect, Sponsored Shortcuts work differently than ads, in the later you're tracked and your PII gathered.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 9 points 4 months ago

I wasn't talking about the technical implementation or differences in how they are handled, but more of a personal judgement. To me every Sponsored link is an advertisement, everywhere, not only in Firefox.

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