Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by mikl on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:19PM
(#36077706)
The list of Mozilla bullshit you have to use about:config to get rid of grows ever longer. Still annoyed that Pocket can’t be removed like a regular extension, only disabled in about:config.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by cwillu on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:24PM
(#36077743)
Also, about:config is disabled on mobile unless you're running a nightly build.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by ReadCarlBarks on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:29PM
(#36077791)
You can access about:config and use add-on collections on Firefox Beta too now.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by laurentlbm on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:52PM
(#36078817)
Mull (https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix) is a great fork with privacy improvements, and about:config is accessible.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by cwillu on Friday May 26, 2023 @03:41PM
(#36088658)
Does it have all the usual codecs, or are some of them considered too proprietary to give users the option of using them?
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by xattt on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:34PM
(#36077837)
> To disable this, users need to set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false on the about:config page
How the fuck are you supposed to know about this in advance and prevent this from happening?
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by pessimizer on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:01PM
(#36078065)
If you knew about it ahead of time they would have changed it. The point is to show you advertising that you don't want to see.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by ekianjo on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:16PM
(#36078176)
look at the source code! Simple!
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by folmar on Friday May 26, 2023 @07:25AM
(#36082709)
Usually you would just use one of the common user.js files for fixing firefox, for example https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by drivers99 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:14PM
(#36077660)
I got that too. They just closed the ticket too:
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 minute ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by sfink on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:35PM
(#36077847)
Yeah, that closure was completely uncommented and mysterious. A later comment linked to a bug saying that the ad had been disabled, presumably because it was showing up where it shouldn't? WORKSFORME doesn't seem like the right resolution for that.
To disable this, users need to set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false on the about:config page.