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[Sam Varshavchik]

Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users writes:

> Today I got an ADIDAS shortcut when opening Firefox. Yes, just a button
> to open the link and that button was easy to remove.

Dunno about what's going on on Ubuntu, but I've been using Firefox on Fedora  
since forever. And I don't remember anything like that ever happening. The  
closest I recall was when they automatically added an icon for pocket to the  
toolbar. They were roasted to no end, and that never happened again.

I do recall reading about how they were adding "sponsored" icons to the  
/default/, blank home page, after their umpteen UI refresh that introduced  
the icons for the "most visited" sites from your browser history. This is  
what you're probably referring to.

The reason I never saw that is because I'm not using Firefox's default home  
page. I have it set to something else. Do that, even set  
https://www.google.com as your default home page, and get pretty much the  
same thing you're getting now, and no ads.

Firefox with Ublock origin is the only way to keep one's sanity on the  
modern intertubes.

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