Thanks! All that to disable some advertisement built into the browser. Utter bullshit.

Wtf does those settings even do? I can enable a setting called control, and is then prompted to enable telemetry. Clicking on telemetry crashes Firefox... I guess I'll have to live with the ad

100% seriously good design by Mozilla

bullshit. a hidden multi step process to turn off a paid subscription feature no one asked for should not be fucking hidden

it should be a simple switch in settings to turn off. not a multistep turning on debug menu level process.

My email is publicly accessible on my website, so I don't really care

In what world is a public email sensitive PII, mate? Sure, “never post anything on the internet ever” is the best OPSEC posture by default, but this user is a clearly-experienced self-hoster who understands the risks and consequences of what they’re doing.

It’s listed as their whois domain contact, and anyone with OSINT chops can find a long-term email tied to a custom domain with enumeration tools + breach data. Why hide it?

Alsi, you want to be in about:config to remove the vpn menu item

This is the way

Given this is mobile, Waterfox is not an option.

Fennec and IronFox are

Libre fox for desktop and ironfox for mobile.

It's actually pretty damn good in terms of privacy. It's Mozilla VPN, which is white labelled and resold Mullvad (but at the same price).

Mullvad is a no logs provider with a good track record.

Unfortunately,: https://korben.info/en/mullvad-cofounder-funding-far-right.html

I typically avoid VPN's, becuaee in my opinion DNS over TLS/HTTPs + HTTPS are enough for my privacy/security needs, but I will happily use the free VPN every once in a while to get around a firewall or test if a website is universally down. I find it very useful, and am happy that firefox has added. And although I'm not entirely pleased given recent relevations about Mullvad, I'm happy to see that Mozilla is attempting to make money by offering privacy, rather than taking it away.

See my instance's sidebar

The domain name

This instance is named "gregtech" simply because my name is used to be Gregor, and I didn't check whether there is already something called "gregtech" before registering my domain name. Yes, even EU, which is a thing in the minecraft mod, is simply a coincidence. I guess you can also post about Gregtech, the minecraft mod, here.

Not OP, but I already have a VPN and have no interest in Mozillavad. If I have no interest in what they are advertising, it would be nice not to have to constantly work around the persistent ad.

it's like how I now have a big Claude button in my Excel toolbar, despite not using Claude or having access to it. and the button takes priority over other toolbar sections that I actually use but are now hidden, so it has a quantifiable effect on my work.

I don't want it, so I should be able to not see it

On android? And I think there are easier ways.