Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unrelated page

Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by blibble on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:46PM (#36077935)

firefox is an extremely hard product to recommend to friends/family

it's becoming more and more user hostile with every upgrade

pocket everywhere, telemetry, vpn ads, disney ads, amazon ads etc

(and despite the constant UI changes it still feels like something out of 1997)

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by NotYourLawyer on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:37PM (#36078702)

And yet it’s someone the least shitty browser there is.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lost_tourist on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:42PM (#36079121)

It's all quite easy to turn off, or just recommend librewolf to them

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:59PM (#36079260)

No, it's not. Every few months there's a new garbage "experience" released under a new about:config setting. Playing whack-a-mole with ads from the browser by navigating through a scary-looking UI that warns you that it's dangerous is not an experience I can recommend to family or friends.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by asdff on Thursday May 25, 2023 @11:32PM (#36079493)

Just set new tab to blank page. Thats where they live anyhow right? I haven't seen any of these ads people complain about and I suspect its because of my new tab setting.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Thursday May 25, 2023 @11:39PM (#36079539)

My new tab is a blank page. This promo today popped up over an open webpage while I was working on another monitor.

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