Saw this TUI (UK travel agency) advert today on the new tab page, and uBlock Origin can’t block it

  • 6R1M R34P3R@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    that does not look like a vanilla Firefox. You should not have those ads there. Check out installed extensions

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      6 days ago

      What part of it doesn’t? Besides the massive banner added the bottom of the screen, everything looks like it’s the default. That icon in the top-left corner comes preinstalled. The search engine is still the default. The only customization I see here is an extra theme and a couple of add-ons.

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    6 days ago

    You can disable sponsored content in the new tab page in the Firefox settings.

    Edit: You can also disable Firefox Studies.

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            This narrows the possibilities down to three four interesting options.

            1. Mozilla did this, and you’re the first person to talk about it online
            2. Your OS did this, and you’re the first person to talk about it online
            3. A protected browser page got hijacked by malware on Linux
            4. You did this and forgot, somehow

            Some other comments have been annoyingly dismissive, but I hope you push onward to figure out what the hell this is. Because if it’s one of the first two, it’s a big deal.

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    7 days ago

    This is something new. What’s under the 3-dot menu? And to cover our bases, can you look through your browsing history to determine where this copy of Firefox came from?

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    6 days ago

    Why do you blame Firefox? It’s like blaming the car for how you drive it…