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I love the new sponsored clickbait in my firefox start page (feddit.it)
submitted 5 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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[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For the "just turn it off" folk, you know what's even better than that? Not having ads at all in the first place.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"just turn it off" until they update firefox and add in new spyware/adware tucked away in about:config you won't notice until all your data has been mined

[–] firewood010@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

That's a bit slippery, but they sure are abusing our trust in the brand for this one.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

then get people to do a monthly donation to mozilla and thunderbird.....

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You think I want to financially support Mozilla with that blackmailers logic? Support qtwebengine devs, qtwebkit devs, netsurf devs, or gtkwebkit devs; or anyone that doesn't stick malware in their open source browser for profit.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

malware

absolutely bonkers

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

As is turning Firefox into a subscription service!

I wouldn't mind a paid premium that came with some cool themes or something of that nature, but this path ends with enshittification and nothing else.