Each Firefox download has a unique identifier

Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by busymom0 on Friday March 18, 2022 @12:46AM (#30718822)

I changed my default browser few days ago back to Safari. In Firefox, I would usually click the first two items on the home page which would be photopea or reddit. That day, they put 2 sponsored items for Amazon and Trivago instead at the first 2 spots and I accidentally clicked the amazon one without realizing because that first item was supposed to be Photopea. That was enough to piss me off:

https://i.imgur.com/s7NIfCX.png

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by laurent92 on Friday March 18, 2022 @01:54AM (#30719114)

Advertising inside of Firefox is going insane, even if it’s just ads for Mozilla. Tabs that opens when you open FF, little lines on the home page, “Big browser takes care of your privacy” starts looking very creepy.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by technobabbler on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:41AM (#30719874)

They're desperate. The whole organization is dying.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by account42 on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:42AM (#30722900)

The whole organization is dying while the CEO gets raises.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by laurent92 on Saturday March 19, 2022 @06:05PM (#30737971)

Well, they did fire the Christian CEO.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by webspinner on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:04AM (#30829577)

Well he did step down, he still didn't deserve all the ridiculousness that went on, though. glad he was able to make something good out of it.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by technobabbler on Saturday March 19, 2022 @10:35PM (#30739522)

The asshole homophobe who was CEO for like a week? Yeah, he deserved that. If you're going to try to tell people who they can fuck, don't be surprised if they say fuck you right back. He deserved it.

Mozilla was on its downhill slide long before him anyway.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by kevin_thibedeau on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:45AM (#30719296)

You can disable the sponsored links.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by technobabbler on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:37AM (#30719845)

Yeah, by using a better browser... Mozilla is kinda incompetent these days and shouldn't be trusted with stewardship. All they do is posture and market. All the real engineering seemingly stopped a long time ago.

Arguably Google can't either but at least they provide the engineering talent, if not the ethical leadership. Mozilla just offers spam.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by SheinhardtWigCo on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:07AM (#30721127)

In what areas do you think Chrome demonstrates engineering talent where Firefox is lacking?

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by account42 on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:40AM (#30722859)

Sorry but that's not good enough for a browser whose main selling point is "privacy". You don't get to play the good guy underdog and pull any shit.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by vgalin on Friday March 18, 2022 @11:52AM (#30723798)

These ads are not targeted ones, one may find them intrusive, but they supposedly respect your privacy.

More information about this (and how to disable these ads) can be found here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by VexorLoophole on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:47AM (#30719303)

What do you use for adblocking on safari?

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by ideologysec on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:52PM (#30785658)

1Blocker is pretty good, especially if you use iOS (syncs rules, etc). Not free, though. Worth it to turn off annoyances IMHO.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by busymom0 on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:18AM (#30720051)

I use Adblock Pro. I got it for free a while back and it’s perfect. AdGuard is another good one.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by 58028641 on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:59AM (#30719341)

I switched to AdGuard after Safari stopped supporting uBlock Origin.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by mediumsmart on Friday March 18, 2022 @12:21PM (#30724169)

/etc/hosts

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