If this isn't a targetted advert in my browser, I don't know what is.
And here's where you turn it off:
The fact that you can turn it off is a good thing and is why Firefox is a good option.
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Thanks for making me aware that there was yet another bullshit "feature" I needed to disable.
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I wanted to see what Floorp does and got this on my first test
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anyone know the about:config value key?
edit: found it. Set browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.all to false. For anyone not using user.js, I highly recommend it. It means you only ever have to find these settings once. I keep mine in a git repo so it's easy to transport between machines.
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If this isn’t a targetted advert in my browser, I don’t know what is.
Somewhere, a dastardly Mozilla engineer is cursing you out for figuring it out, even though they specifically labeled it ‘Sponsored’ as a double-bluff.
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I am guessing the build in flathub ships with this turned off, I dont even have firefox suggest as a settings area. Nor is it in the build that ships with Fedora
Waterfox, Ironfox, Fennec, others
There's so many Firefox forks, just use that
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Ah, dang. This is as real bummer. What do we do instead? Are we at the point of paying for this app?
I'm thinking about Signal too: software isn't free so where does the spend come from?
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Never been a problem on my browser.
like all you have to do is turn off the option in settings; you can even add it to your policies.json to end it everywhere.
And here's where you turn it off:
Yeah. That’s why none of us ever see that crap. It’s easy.
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