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It has made me really sad that I have had to quite using Firefox, as I've enjoyed the technical improvements they have been making, but the new ads in the addre

It has made me really sad that I have had to quite using Firefox, as I've enjoyed the technical improvements they have been making, but the new ads in the address bar thing is just non negotiable, I will not be a part of that.

fckthisguy 5y ago
The what now?!
jatone 5y ago
thats news to me.... you sure some extension you installed isn't adding them?
- junon 5y ago
  No it's a real thing. https://uk.pcmag.com/browsers/136146/firefox-now-shows-ads-in-address-bar-heres-how-to-turn-them-off https://uk.pcmag.com/browsers/136146/firefox-now-shows-ads-i...
- Maxious 5y ago
  > Firefox Suggest sends Mozilla search terms and information about engagement with Firefox Suggest, some of which may be shared with partners to provide and improve the suggested content. https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/09/15/data-and-firefox-suggest/ https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/09/15/data-and-firefox-su... > To deliver smarter contextual suggestions, Firefox will need to send Mozilla new data, specifically, what you type into the search bar, city-level location data to know what’s nearby and relevant, as well as whether you click on a suggestion and which suggestion you click on. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-suggest/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/fi...
  - jjulius 5y ago
    For anybody who needs clarification, this is opt-in only at the moment. From the second link: > As always, we believe people should be in control of their web experience, so Firefox Suggest will be a customizable feature. > We’ll begin offering smarter contextual suggestions to a percentage of people in the U.S. as an opt-in experience.
    - adduc 5y ago
      Despite Mozilla's claim that Firefox Suggest is opt-in, many users (myself included) found the setting enabled by default when it initially shipped. I'd recommend checking your settings to see if sponsored suggestions are enabled.
zkldi 5y ago
There are ads in the address bar?
- bogwog 5y ago
  I think he's referring to the "Firefox Suggest" ads: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-search-ads-browser https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-...
jwatt 5y ago
Mozilla support doc on controlling this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-firefox-suggest#w_how-to-manage-firefox-suggest-settings https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-fir...
jjulius 5y ago
>... I will not be a part of that. So instead of not being a part of it by simply disabling it (or never enabling it to begin with, as it's currently opt-in), you're abandoning the browser altogether?
- BMorearty 5y ago
  Yeah, search the preferences for the word “Sponsored” and uncheck anything you don’t want to see.
  - utrack 5y ago
    It's opt-in AFAIK.
    - nacs 5y ago
      It's opt-out for many -- for me it was enabled by default after an upgrade.
      - jjulius 5y ago
        Is it at all possible that you quickly skipped through the dialogue box asking about it when you first opened FF after that upgrade? I only ask because I caught myself almost doing that before I did a double-take.
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fckthisguy 5y ago

The what now?!

jatone 5y ago

thats news to me.... you sure some extension you installed isn't adding them?

junon 5y ago
No it's a real thing. https://uk.pcmag.com/browsers/136146/firefox-now-shows-ads-in-address-bar-heres-how-to-turn-them-off https://uk.pcmag.com/browsers/136146/firefox-now-shows-ads-i...
Maxious 5y ago
> Firefox Suggest sends Mozilla search terms and information about engagement with Firefox Suggest, some of which may be shared with partners to provide and improve the suggested content. https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/09/15/data-and-firefox-suggest/ https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/09/15/data-and-firefox-su... > To deliver smarter contextual suggestions, Firefox will need to send Mozilla new data, specifically, what you type into the search bar, city-level location data to know what’s nearby and relevant, as well as whether you click on a suggestion and which suggestion you click on. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-suggest/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/fi...
- jjulius 5y ago
  For anybody who needs clarification, this is opt-in only at the moment. From the second link: > As always, we believe people should be in control of their web experience, so Firefox Suggest will be a customizable feature. > We’ll begin offering smarter contextual suggestions to a percentage of people in the U.S. as an opt-in experience.
  - adduc 5y ago
    Despite Mozilla's claim that Firefox Suggest is opt-in, many users (myself included) found the setting enabled by default when it initially shipped. I'd recommend checking your settings to see if sponsored suggestions are enabled.

zkldi 5y ago

There are ads in the address bar?

bogwog 5y ago
I think he's referring to the "Firefox Suggest" ads: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-search-ads-browser https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-...

jwatt 5y ago

Mozilla support doc on controlling this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-firefox-suggest#w_how-to-manage-firefox-suggest-settings https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-fir...

jjulius 5y ago

>... I will not be a part of that. So instead of not being a part of it by simply disabling it (or never enabling it to begin with, as it's currently opt-in), you're abandoning the browser altogether?

BMorearty 5y ago
Yeah, search the preferences for the word “Sponsored” and uncheck anything you don’t want to see.
- utrack 5y ago
  It's opt-in AFAIK.
  - nacs 5y ago
    It's opt-out for many -- for me it was enabled by default after an upgrade.
    - jjulius 5y ago
      Is it at all possible that you quickly skipped through the dialogue box asking about it when you first opened FF after that upgrade? I only ask because I caught myself almost doing that before I did a double-take.

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