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Apparently, I just got hit by those all of a sudden. Sponsored tiles just next to the tiles with my frequently viewed sites, looking just as them, just with "sp
by aflukasz 2y ago
Apparently, I just got hit by those all of a sudden. Sponsored tiles just next to the tiles with my frequently viewed sites, looking just as them, just with "sponsored" tag. That was surprising to me, because I've never saw those before, and I'm using FF for years now.
I've got Adidas, Groupon and AliExpress. Yes, I could dismiss them, each needed separate two-click interaction with the interface.
So... looks like some new user experience for Firefox users?
- talldayo 2y agoThe advertisement must be part of an internal effort to make Firefox look more native on OSes like MacOS and Windows =) Looks like I chose the right year to keep using Chromium, I guess. Though I am pretty certain the Firefox forks will start to crop up without any ads in them.
- JohnFen 2y agoFirefox started putting crap into the new tab page years ago, but there is a configuration option to make the new tab page blank. Are they removing that?
- aflukasz 2y agoWell, in another comment, markx2 suggested how to change new tab UI to blank page. Which I can confirm is still present and kind of works, but... that way you are removing all the tiles, including your actually frequently used pages, so I wouldn't exactly call it "removal of sponsored tiles".
- JohnFen 2y agoWell, true. If you find those tiles useful then that would be a loss. How much of one, though? Are they worth putting up with ads for?