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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

Almost all the links in my front homepage are sponsored now. What's next, a few ads in the bookmark bar? How about when I enter a URL, I then have to type "McDonald's" before I can actually navigate there?

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[-] lemmylurkaround@lemmy.world 83 points 19 hours ago

See ads, "how dare they" Sees paid version, "how dare they" Development costs time and money, pick your poison.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago

I was okay with the sponsored links, but now this is affecting the functionality of the app. My phone is shit and I have a hard time sliding to the next page.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 14 hours ago

You can disable sponsored shortcuts on the homepage settings, if that's what it's referring to

[-] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Everyone is too busy being angry to click the little gear icon.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago

Eh, the criticism isn't invalid - those are still ads being added on the front page. What does irk me is people talking about how something breaks their workflow, yet they don't even try to fix the issue.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

but now this is affecting the functionality of the app

This shit irks me so much, because it keeps happening!

There's this feature that makes your address bar randomly auto complete sponsored URLs instead of your actual history. Pretty fucking annoying to type n and have Netflix pop up, even though I don't use it.

When you disable this "feature", it still breaks your autocomplete! Now instead of suggesting Netflix, it just sometimes doesn't suggest anything before I continue typing.

If you must add these anti-features to pay for your CEO, at least don't break the app when it's disabled!

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

I think you can make it only autocomplete your bookmarks in the settings.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

But I also don't want that. I just want the normal auto-complete to work 10/10 times, not just 9/10.

[-] thoralf@friendica.familie-will.at 5 points 16 hours ago

@UltraGiGaGigantic @lemmylurkaround Actually, I would gladly pay for a browser that is just doing its job.
I need one for macOS and iOS, preferrably one solution for both.
Could you point me in the right direction, please?

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 10 points 15 hours ago

Maybe you can donate to Mozilla?

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

Are they going to give me a link to a version that doesn't do this? Otherwise what exactly am I paying for?

[-] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

How has no one in this thread put together that you can literally just customize your home page, removing categories until it’s literally blank, or only keeping pages you select available.

Git good noobs.

[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago

Pay how much and how often?

$20 a month? $50 a month.

this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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