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

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/n...

"Messaging System"

"Vision"

"Firefox must be an opinionated user agent that keeps folks safe, informed and effective while browsing the Web. In order to have an opinion, Firefox must have a voice."

"That voice will respect the user’s attention while surfacing contextually relevant and timely information tailored to their individual needs and choices."

Somewhere in all of these companies exists the belligerent ** who orders the subordinates to inject inappropriate profit-seeking changes into the product. And then cajole/order/encourage another subordinate to write a florid virtuous editorial justifying their belligerent idea.

>>Crimso+V6
I just installed Firefox on a new machine today. The number of switches I had to manually turn off to make it not collect data from me and not show me ads was surprisingly large. And even though I turned off all the ones I saw, I don't know if it was a complete solution.

I really don't want to use Chrome. Please stop with the enshittification, Firefox.

>>dreamc+kw
And even though I turned off all the ones I saw, I don't know if it was a complete solution.

Look in about:config if you haven't already, and take a grep through the source for the full list of settings that you can adjust. It is indeed disturbingly large and the majority of them aren't officially documented either.

>>userbi+ux
> Look in about:config ... it is indeed disturbingly large and the majority of them aren't officially documented either.

It really is an insane situation. What is up with Firefox's stealth anti-privacy and spammy marketing features controlled by hidden, undocumented settings that are set to (violate privacy and spam me) by default?

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