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I (based in Europe) see a page presenting Mozilla VPN. Are you saying you see an ad for Disney? [edit] I used a United States VPN now. Indeed a Disney ad for a

by mtmail 5y ago

I (based in Europe) see a page presenting Mozilla VPN. Are you saying you see an ad for Disney? [edit] I used a United States VPN now. Indeed a Disney ad for a movie. In Europe it's a static page with some text about Mozilla VPN.

smsm42 5y ago
I'm in the US but still see the VPN page. I use VPN though so maybe VPN out-points are excluded for some reason.
plinkplink 5y ago
Interesting. Yes; it is a slimy bait-and-switch ad for Disney's newest animated series - ultimately an ad for their streaming service. I will not support them by posting links here.
- AA-BA-94-2A-56 5y ago
  Every day I consider saying 'to hell with it' and going back to Safari.
  - netsharc 5y ago
    Vivaldi, by one of the creators (and former CEO of the original Opera, still seems decent, they don't have any bullshit like a "buy now pay later" extension or a rendering engine that inserts ads.
  - nebula8804 5y ago
    Safari does not seem to have a robust adblocker solution. I could be mistaken but it seems like you can only install extensions through their app store? So convoluted compared to Chrome. It is blazing fast though. :/
    - AA-BA-94-2A-56 5y ago
      I've been using an adblocker on Safari in combination with either NextDNS or PiHole. Works not too bad. Only reason I use Firefox/Chrome is because I'm a frontend dev.
detaro 5y ago
for those of us outside the US and without VPN, archive.org also captured it from the US: https://web.archive.org/web/20220308222503/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/whatsnew/?oldversion=97.0.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220308222503/https://www.mozil... EDIT: vs screenshot what EU sees: https://i.imgur.com/S1ueBQn.png https://i.imgur.com/S1ueBQn.png
zajio1am 5y ago
Even the page with Mozilla VPN is an ad, although first-party and not third party.

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I (based in Europe) see a page presenting Mozilla VPN. Are you saying you see an ad for Disney? [edit] I used a United States VPN now. Indeed a Disney ad for a

by mtmail 5y ago

smsm42 5y ago
I'm in the US but still see the VPN page. I use VPN though so maybe VPN out-points are excluded for some reason.
plinkplink 5y ago
Interesting. Yes; it is a slimy bait-and-switch ad for Disney's newest animated series - ultimately an ad for their streaming service. I will not support them by posting links here.
- AA-BA-94-2A-56 5y ago
  Every day I consider saying 'to hell with it' and going back to Safari.
  - netsharc 5y ago
    Vivaldi, by one of the creators (and former CEO of the original Opera, still seems decent, they don't have any bullshit like a "buy now pay later" extension or a rendering engine that inserts ads.
  - nebula8804 5y ago
    Safari does not seem to have a robust adblocker solution. I could be mistaken but it seems like you can only install extensions through their app store? So convoluted compared to Chrome. It is blazing fast though. :/
    - AA-BA-94-2A-56 5y ago
      I've been using an adblocker on Safari in combination with either NextDNS or PiHole. Works not too bad. Only reason I use Firefox/Chrome is because I'm a frontend dev.
detaro 5y ago
for those of us outside the US and without VPN, archive.org also captured it from the US: https://web.archive.org/web/20220308222503/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/98.0/whatsnew/?oldversion=97.0.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220308222503/https://www.mozil... EDIT: vs screenshot what EU sees: https://i.imgur.com/S1ueBQn.png https://i.imgur.com/S1ueBQn.png
zajio1am 5y ago
Even the page with Mozilla VPN is an ad, although first-party and not third party.