LWDJun 9, 2025

Firefox 139 hides homescreen option to disable ads

https://lemm.ee/post/66384550

Firefox 139 hides homescreen option to disable ads - lemm.ee

After I noticed Firefox has removed the Pocket branding but kept the Pocket stories, I also noticed the settings screen on the homepage no longer lets you disable sponsored stories or links. Firefox 115: [https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/d204c2ab-706c-496e-b54f-590095f032f4.png] Firefox 139: [https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/a441e1f8-b83c-4929-94f8-7f8b5991f2df.png] You can still remove these advertisements, but you have to leave the homepage and dig through the settings to find that option.

Show threadunexposedhazardJun 9, 2025
U should really switch to a firefox fork. The official version is fucked.
Show threadVictor
Is it really fucked? Like, it works great IMO… What’s wrong with it?
Jun 10, 2025 at 12:11amWeb
Show threadLWDJun 10, 2025

Personally, I think it’s fucked that Mozilla slowly transformed Pocket from a standalone article collecting extension, to a mandatory chunk of code built into the browser, to a feed of Mozilla-selected stories and ads with the label filed off.

Meanwhile, the browser isn’t losing the one piece of bloat that (AFAIK) the original Pocket users never wanted anyway.

Show threadKusimulkkuJun 10, 2025
You’ll be happy to hear that they’re killing off Pocket
Show threadLWDJun 10, 2025
Not really, because the service is dead but Sponsored Stories (now going by a generic name) remain
Show threadzipzoopaboopJun 10, 2025
The problem is that you don’t get as much attention without hyperbole
Show threadkepixJun 10, 2025
i love how you comment under a post showing you an example
Show threadVictorJun 11, 2025

This post shows me how it’s fucked?

  • Removing bullshit from the home page is great. Reduce clutter.
  • You can still disable it in the settings (where settings belong).

    • 🤷‍♂️ I don’t see it.