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I changed my default browser few days ago back to Safari. In Firefox, I would usually click the first two items on the home page which would be photopea or redd

I changed my default browser few days ago back to Safari. In Firefox, I would usually click the first two items on the home page which would be photopea or reddit. That day, they put 2 sponsored items for Amazon and Trivago instead at the first 2 spots and I accidentally clicked the amazon one without realizing because that first item was supposed to be Photopea. That was enough to piss me off: https://i.imgur.com/s7NIfCX.png https://i.imgur.com/s7NIfCX.png

VexorLoophole 5y ago
What do you use for adblocking on safari?
- 58028641 5y ago
  I switched to AdGuard after Safari stopped supporting uBlock Origin.
- busymom0 5y ago
  I use Adblock Pro. I got it for free a while back and it’s perfect. AdGuard is another good one.
- mediumsmart 5y ago
  /etc/hosts
- ideologysec 5y ago
  1Blocker is pretty good, especially if you use iOS (syncs rules, etc). Not free, though. Worth it to turn off annoyances IMHO.
laurent92 5y ago
Advertising inside of Firefox is going insane, even if it’s just ads for Mozilla. Tabs that opens when you open FF, little lines on the home page, “Big browser takes care of your privacy” starts looking very creepy.
- technobabbler 5y ago
  They're desperate. The whole organization is dying.
  - account42 5y ago
    The whole organization is dying while the CEO gets raises.
    - technobabbler 5y ago
    - laurent92 5y ago
      Well, they did fire the Christian CEO.
      - technobabbler 5y ago
        The asshole homophobe who was CEO for like a week? Yeah, he deserved that. If you're going to try to tell people who they can fuck, don't be surprised if they say fuck you right back. He deserved it. Mozilla was on its downhill slide long before him anyway.
      - webspinner 5y ago
        Well he did step down, he still didn't deserve all the ridiculousness that went on, though. glad he was able to make something good out of it.
kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
You can disable the sponsored links.
- technobabbler 5y ago
  Yeah, by using a better browser... Mozilla is kinda incompetent these days and shouldn't be trusted with stewardship. All they do is posture and market. All the real engineering seemingly stopped a long time ago. Arguably Google can't either but at least they provide the engineering talent, if not the ethical leadership. Mozilla just offers spam.
  - SheinhardtWigCo 5y ago
    In what areas do you think Chrome demonstrates engineering talent where Firefox is lacking?
- account42 5y ago
  Sorry but that's not good enough for a browser whose main selling point is "privacy". You don't get to play the good guy underdog and pull any shit.
  - vgalin 5y ago
    These ads are not targeted ones, one may find them intrusive, but they supposedly respect your privacy. More information about this (and how to disable these ads) can be found here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy

VexorLoophole 5y ago

What do you use for adblocking on safari?

58028641 5y ago
I switched to AdGuard after Safari stopped supporting uBlock Origin.
busymom0 5y ago
I use Adblock Pro. I got it for free a while back and it’s perfect. AdGuard is another good one.
mediumsmart 5y ago
/etc/hosts
ideologysec 5y ago
1Blocker is pretty good, especially if you use iOS (syncs rules, etc). Not free, though. Worth it to turn off annoyances IMHO.

laurent92 5y ago

Advertising inside of Firefox is going insane, even if it’s just ads for Mozilla. Tabs that opens when you open FF, little lines on the home page, “Big browser takes care of your privacy” starts looking very creepy.

technobabbler 5y ago
They're desperate. The whole organization is dying.
- account42 5y ago
  The whole organization is dying while the CEO gets raises.
  - technobabbler 5y ago
  - laurent92 5y ago
    Well, they did fire the Christian CEO.
    - technobabbler 5y ago
      The asshole homophobe who was CEO for like a week? Yeah, he deserved that. If you're going to try to tell people who they can fuck, don't be surprised if they say fuck you right back. He deserved it. Mozilla was on its downhill slide long before him anyway.
    - webspinner 5y ago
      Well he did step down, he still didn't deserve all the ridiculousness that went on, though. glad he was able to make something good out of it.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago

You can disable the sponsored links.

technobabbler 5y ago
Yeah, by using a better browser... Mozilla is kinda incompetent these days and shouldn't be trusted with stewardship. All they do is posture and market. All the real engineering seemingly stopped a long time ago. Arguably Google can't either but at least they provide the engineering talent, if not the ethical leadership. Mozilla just offers spam.
- SheinhardtWigCo 5y ago
  In what areas do you think Chrome demonstrates engineering talent where Firefox is lacking?
account42 5y ago
Sorry but that's not good enough for a browser whose main selling point is "privacy". You don't get to play the good guy underdog and pull any shit.
- vgalin 5y ago
  These ads are not targeted ones, one may find them intrusive, but they supposedly respect your privacy. More information about this (and how to disable these ads) can be found here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy