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The sponsored tiles are defaults, and they're replaced by sites you actually use over time. This is a good, unobtrusive way for Firefox to get funding.
by Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
The sponsored tiles are defaults, and they're replaced by sites you actually use over time. This is a good, unobtrusive way for Firefox to get funding.
- Alupis 12y agoI find these even more bothersome than the standard "previously visited" tiles. At least in FF you can turn the tiles off -- Chrome... nope! The thumbnail can even be a security problem in some settings.
- sp332 12y agoAs noted in the bug report, there are plenty of extensions if you want to change the New Tab page. Here's one you might like: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab/adcpijkmbecohfalcbafjgadfnpchhlg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab/adcpijkmbe...
- Alupis 12y agoI'd prefer to not have to load some 3rd party of who-knows-what-quality-or-what-else-it's-doing extension or plugin. It serves google no purpose in Chrome -- why not just let me turn it off? Especially in an enterprise environment like at the office...
- praneshp 12y agoI get around this by having a work profile on chrome (in case you didn't know that already). I know it's still bad when you do some lunchtime browsing, etc, but after about a year, my work profile cannot even auto-suggest facebook when i type 'fac'.
- Alupis 12y agoGood point - I usually just wipe all history regularly now (which is a pita) ... but, this doesn't save my other (less savvy) users at the office.
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