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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by ekianjo on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:14AM (#28784385)
Worst thing is that every single time they do this kind of bullshit, they do it without asking for opt-in and enable it sneakily by default. Absolutely the worst.
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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by jarofgreen on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:47AM (#28784595)
The blog seems pretty clear they will be asking for permission?

Tho not in the best way, I feel, but at least this is opt-in?

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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by ekianjo on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:02AM (#28785675)
> The blog seems pretty clear they will be asking for permission?

They did not. I checked on all my computers following the update and all of them had the option enabled by default.

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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by sork_hn on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:06AM (#28785164)
It was turned on by default for me. I had to uncheck the settings.
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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by jarofgreen on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:03AM (#28786391)
Oh I see - the consent screen shown in the blog post is for something different. I stand corrected.
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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by quokka on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:41AM (#28786107)
I just checked, and it is on by default for me, too.
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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by soundnote on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:04AM (#28785701)
Was on by default for an American friend.
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