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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by XLE@piefed.social to c/firefox@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/firefox/p/2092438/the-fifa-countdown-is-just-phase-1-mozilla-working-on-full-fledged-sports-widget

Spotted on Mozilla's bug tracker:

[meta] Homepage Sports Widget

Where it turns out the countdown widget was part of a broader plan to add a different permanent widget:

Web calls will apparently be providing

  • SportsMatch
  • SportsTeam
  • MatchStatus
  • TournamentPhase

You can also expect a popup on the Desktop that advertises World Cup wallpapers.


The Phase 1 wallpapers and widget remind me of 2017 when they rolled out the creepiest experiment possible and then apologized with language that would be at home today:

"Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer... "This was not a paid promotion but rather a collaboration that was intended to be fun."

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[-] ilqqe@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

Yet more bullshit nobody asked for.

[-] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Great timing Mozilla, go all in on the world cup nobody cares about.

[-] RougeEric@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Shrugs in Waterfox.

[-] martini1992@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

As long as I can turn it off.

this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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