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Show HN: Disable now useless “What's new” page in Firefox

4 points by Tepix 5y ago

Firefox 99 started serving a "What's New" page that is an ad for Pocket instead of listing what's new in the browser. Another disappointment. Here's how to disable the now useless "What's new page": 1. Go to about:config 2. Change the value of "browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone" to "ignore". Bingo! One less page with ads. Thanks for nothing, Mozilla.

ChrisGranger 5y ago
This sort of thing is not what Show HN is for. I'd remove that from the title if you're able to. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- Tepix 5y ago
  Good point. Alas, i can no longer edit it.
nilsandrey 5y ago
You can personalize new tab page (upper right corner wheel button) and uncheck: - Sponsored shortcuts - Recommended by Pocket
- Tepix 5y ago
  Thanks. The "new tab" wasn't the problem, i had it configured properly already.