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Unfortunately it seems like I was one of "small percentage of Firefox users" this feature is being tested on. Contrary to what the article claims, there was no
by rlaabs 6y ago
Unfortunately it seems like I was one of "small percentage of Firefox users" this feature is being tested on.
Contrary to what the article claims, there was no way to disable this feature from the menu: it wasn't possible to uncheck the 'Sponsored Top Sites' button.
I had search for 'sponsor' settings in 'about:config' to disable it. Sadly, I don't think most users will be able to figure this out.
I'm seriously reconsidering moving away from Firefox, or at the very least no longer recommending it to non-technical users
- cookie_monsta 6y agoI found the setting by following FF's instructions and turned it off. Took about 5 seconds, I guess a minute total including searching for how to do it.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 6y agoDo you know if your data was shared with advertisers before you were able to turn it off?
- cookie_monsta 6y agoOf course I know that. What a strange question.
- ylyn 6y agoGP is not literally asking if you know. They are asking you if your data was shared or not.
- cookie_monsta 6y agoWell, that makes it an even stranger question. Why ask one thing if what you want to know is something else?
- thrwn_frthr_awy 6y agoI'm sorry my question wasn't clear, but I was not trying to ask one thing and know something else. I will try and restate my question. Were you given an opportunity to disable the sponsored top sites before they were first loaded and your data sent to advertisers?
- cookie_monsta 6y agoThat's ok but I don't know if I can help much here - I really have no idea of knowing when I was given that opportunity.
- Kinrany 6y agoI had Yandex as a sponsored website when I installed Firefox. The process of removal did seem unnecessarily obfuscated, but I only had to spend like five minutes on it.