The browser now includes ads based on your bookmarks and browsing history through Mozilla's "trusted" partners: > “When contextual suggestions are enabled, Fir

The browser now includes ads based on your bookmarks and browsing history through Mozilla's "trusted" partners: > “When contextual suggestions are enabled, Firefox Suggest uses your city location and search keywords to make contextual suggestions from Firefox and our partners, while keeping your privacy in mind,” the support post reads. The “relevant suggestions” from “trusted partners” appear at the bottom of the usual search suggestions pulled from your bookmarks, browser history, and open tabs — a less intrusive version of a search ad, but technically still an ad. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-search-ads-browser https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/7/22715179/firefox-suggest-... (It's annoying that the mods unnecessarily removed my parent post that said Firefox is now an adware / spyware - I stand by it. Including ads and using and sharing users data is the definition of an adware / spyware.) For those who ask, why not just turn it off - remember that corporations only have to follow the law. They have no obligation to be ethically good. If your country has lax privacy laws, companies will exploit it because it is legal. Then there is the trust factor - Mozilla has lost a lot of goodwill in selfishly only focusing on making more money from its browser than listening to their users and creating a good browser. That's why it has been losing ground to Chrome, and will continue to do so as long as greed guides all its decisions and makes Firefox worse. You'd think uBlock Origin's popularity would already have given some insight to Firefox on how much people hate unwanted and intrusive ads, especially that try to mine our personal data.