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Why does Firefox have unblockable ads on the NTP? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by tigolbitties@sh.itjust.works to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] 6R1MR34P3R@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 6R1MR34P3R@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

having a big banner ad at the bottom is not a vanilla experience

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I wondered why this was downvoted before I saw the original message in my notifications

yeah, thanks Mr/Ms obvious, you described exactly the reason of why it does not look vanilla at all, that big giant bottom ad banner

Anyway, my point is that I would assume Firefox would look different if there was evidence the user caused this banner by accidentally injecting malware into the browser within Linux.

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