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Don’t forget the Mr. Robot debacle: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017
by rrdharan 3y ago
Don’t forget the Mr. Robot debacle:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...
They pull this crap all the time and never learn their lessons.
- zo1 3y agoOr how about how they still replace pinned shortcuts in the new page with sponsored ads. Like the magical top left one that I don't even look at before clicking because it's a link to my mail. Two years later and they're still doing it. https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/ppludl/since_when_has_firefox_been_adding_sponsored/ https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/ppludl/since_when_...
- nubinetwork 3y agoNot to defend Firefox, but I believe Mr Robot is what caused them to make a visible toggle for experiments. Sadly it's not off by default, but once it's turned off, you don't really have to worry about it. That said, I never saw this VPN popup.