News snapshots · 2021-10-08

Firefox shows ads in address bar Quick wrap

Mozilla introduced a new suggested search result feature in the Firefox address bar as part of the 93.0 release of its browser, but the good news is, they can be turned off.


Firefox Now Shows Ads As Sponsored Address Bar Suggestions – slashdot.org

waspleg writes: Mozilla is now showing ads in the form of sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions when U.users type in the URL address bar. Mozilla says the feature was introduced with Firefox 92 in September to fund development and optimization. Mozilla describes Firefox Suggest contextual suggestions as opt-in, in BleepingComputer’s tests and from what users have reported, the feature is on by default.

Link: Firefox Now Shows Ads As Sponsored Address Bar Suggestions
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