If this isn't a targetted advert in my browser, I don't know what is.
And here's where you turn it off:
like all you have to do is turn off the option in settings; you can even add it to your policies.json to end it everywhere.
I wanted to see what Floorp does and got this on my first test
thanks wikipedia
Waterfox, Ironfox, Fennec, others
There's so many Firefox forks, just use that
The fact that you can turn it off is a good thing and is why Firefox is a good option.
Yeah like is anyone paying for Firefox? The only reason is still exist are the sponsors. Hell, one of the biggest by far was (is?) Google.
Google only supported it to keep the appearance of competition for chome to keep regulators off their back.
I would be happy to pay them for brave origin equivalent of a stripped down Firefox without the sponsorships. Could use forks or disable stuff but I'm not against paying them for it to support them if that is something they offered.
Firefox just lets you turn all of that off for free, and donate to their non-profit. I don't see a problem paid Firefox would solve.
I wouldn't mind giving money to mozilla if it means we all get a better product that isn't subservient to big tech
That is fair, though I think it would be a tough pill to swallow for most people, and Firefox is neither leading the charts nor do they have any significant advantage over the competition in web browsing to roll out a bold move like this.
It's a tough position. I do use it and hope they make it (*remain in business), just for the sake of competition.
Id happily pay for firefox without their ai bullshit
I also pay for winrar, with a yearly subscription on android, even though im not using it anymore.
And you should too.
Waterfox as well
I tell people Waterfox if you just want Firefox without the bullshit.
LibreWolf if you're more hardcore about privacy and are willing to deal with the occasional site not working.
I have both installed but mainly use LibreWolf. I have Waterfox for "irl stuff" like banking/shopping, etc stuff that doesn't approve of VPN use and I have to enter my real details into anyway.
LibreWolf if you’re more hardcore about privacy and are willing to deal with the occasional site not working.
I used both Libre and Firefox; sometimes you need a browser that will just load the website without you having to faff about.
Waterfox is life!
If this isn’t a targetted advert in my browser, I don’t know what is.
Somewhere, a dastardly Mozilla engineer is cursing you out for figuring it out, even though they specifically labeled it ‘Sponsored’ as a double-bluff.
It’s crazy that you think this was the engineers’ idea and not someone like the marketing director using their corporate capital to force the dev team to implement it… like pretty much every other company
It’s crazy that you think I thought that
Also, haven’t they been doing this for a long time?
Thanks for making me aware that there was yet another bullshit "feature" I needed to disable.
Yeah, i gave up self managing the adware and went to the Firefox fork, LibreWolf
I am guessing the build in flathub ships with this turned off, I dont even have firefox suggest as a settings area. Nor is it in the build that ships with Fedora
And here's where you turn it off:
Yeah. That’s why none of us ever see that crap. It’s easy.
I mean they have to make money somehow
anyone know the about:config value key?
edit: found it. Set browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.all to false. For anyone not using user.js, I highly recommend it. It means you only ever have to find these settings once. I keep mine in a git repo so it's easy to transport between machines.
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