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Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions

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Post by vetinari »

nolok wrote: post #471
vetinari wrote: post #326

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> you can also right click and remove it. Are you sure? For me, I can only "Disable" it, and it gets promptly re-enabled right after clicking on some other item in the sidebar. There doesn't seem to be any way to disable it permanently, or, preferably, removing it entirely.

This list is filled with a LUA script in a VLC dir, and you can override it with a user list. IT's not available through GUI but if it bothers you it's possible to remove it entirely that way.

Unfortunately on a Mac, by touching files in the app bundle (VLC.app/Content/MacOS/share/lua/playlist) you break the app signature :(

Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions

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Post by marto1 »

eCa wrote: post #4

As someone who has used Firefox since v0.* I really, really, really dislike the language they have used lately. > relevant suggestions from our trusted partners The suggestions are not relevant to, and the partners not trusted by, me.

I’m fairly certain Google funding Mozilla doesn’t help the whole situation.

Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions

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Post by executesorder66 »

daveoc64 wrote: post #624
executesorder66 wrote: post #460

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They didn't ask how can they make relevant suggestions. They asked how can they make relevant suggestions WITHOUT SPYING ON MY BROWSING HISTORY. Try again.

I answered that already. If you search for "hotels", they'll show you things related to "hotels". That doesn't require access to your browsing history - it's right there in the search term.

Okay then maybe browsing history was too specific a term. It might not be in the list of URLs you have visited, but it is in a list of things you have searched. So your search history.

The principal is the same. People don't want their private lives (in part expressed through what they search for) exploited and exposed.

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Post by skinkestek »

pronik wrote: post #643
toastal wrote: post #499

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Says who? Seems like neo-EEE with their current porfolio of GitHub, Copilot, Codespaces, Sponsors, NPM, Azure, VS Code, and WSL.

I do agree and do not trust Microsoft one inch. But I've read a lot of "Windows 10 + WSL + VSCode is the ideal dev environment" sentiments on this very site. Along with "Microsoft has changed" vibes.

They appeared to have changed but have changed back it seems and is now ripe for another lawsuit or two for abuse of monopoly power.

Just take Google Chrome first.

Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions

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Post by skinkestek »

johnsea wrote: post #301
Hendrikto wrote: post #135

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Financing is only an issue because they make it one. Mozilla has tons of money, but they just 1. spend too much of it, 2. on the wrong things, 3. and always want more.

Maybe if they would spend it on the right things, Google would stop paying?

Sad to say but this thought has struck me too.

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Post by skinkestek »

jamienicol wrote: post #557
ravenstine wrote: post #275

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How many things are we going to need to deactivate in 5 years from now? First Pocket, then this; what next? Thanks a lot for mismanaging your budget like seemingly every other non-profit, Mozilla.

What's wrong with pocket?

Pocket is fine I think.

The problem is mostly the way they introduced it.

Re: Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions

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Post by kunagi7 »

weikju wrote: post #638
kunagi7 wrote: post #628

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Not my favorite browser and since I only use it on iOS my response may be a bit biased: - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. - Cards? Nothing at all. - Rewards and news are under the settings menu and seem to be off. Maybe Apple's App Store conditions prevent Brave to do a lot of its crypto stuff. On Android, Linux or Windows I'm a happy user o…

> - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. No, these are just random backgrounds. At some point I started seeing backgrounds advertising Crocs and stuff like that, at which point I discovered the Sponsored backgrounds option and turned that off, leaving me back with random pics of scenery

I installed Brave 1 year ago and I mostly use the defaults (iOS).

So... I looked up its configuration and looks like Sponsored Backgrounds are activated... But, they don't work at all. I deactivated them in case they suddenly start working.

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Post by soundnote »

account42 wrote: post #363
laurent92 wrote: post #208

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Counterpoint, I’d rather NGOs and benevolent societies be attractive for world-class leaders, rather than be the constant underdog. Of course those CEOs have to avoid implementing classic business schemes.

Word class leaders? https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html I'd rather have people that care about the cause in charge of these NGOs.

It's ironic that Brave is growing.
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