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Many users on Mozilla support communities and Reddit are reporting that their browsing sessions were suddenly interrupted by an overlay ad for Mozilla VPN today

Many users on Mozilla support communities and Reddit are reporting that their browsing sessions were suddenly interrupted by an overlay ad for Mozilla VPN today. To disable this, users need to set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false on the about:config page.

xattt 3y ago
> To disable this, users need to set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false on the about:config page How the fuck are you supposed to know about this in advance and prevent this from happening‽
- pessimizer 3y ago
  If you knew about it ahead of time they would have changed it. The point is to show you advertising that you don't want to see.
- ekianjo 3y ago
  look at the source code! Simple!
- folmar 3y ago
  Usually you would just use one of the common user.js files for fixing firefox, for example https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox
drivers99 3y ago
I got that too. They just closed the ticket too: Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED Closed: 1 minute ago Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
- deleted 3y ago
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- sfink 3y ago
  Yeah, that closure was completely uncommented and mysterious. A later comment linked to a bug saying that the ad had been disabled, presumably because it was showing up where it shouldn't? WORKSFORME doesn't seem like the right resolution for that.
  - bithaze 3y ago
    The two bugs were also closed as duplicates of each other, which feels a little sloppy.
mikl 3y ago
The list of Mozilla bullshit you have to use about:config to get rid of grows ever longer. Still annoyed that Pocket can’t be removed like a regular extension, only disabled in about:config.
- cwillu 3y ago
  Also, about:config is disabled on mobile unless you're running a nightly build.
  - ReadCarlBarks 3y ago
    You can access about:config and use add-on collections on Firefox Beta too now.
  - laurentlbm 3y ago
    Mull (https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix) is a great fork with privacy improvements, and about:config is accessible.
    - cwillu 3y ago
      Does it have all the usual codecs, or are some of them considered too proprietary to give users the option of using them?

xattt 3y ago

> To disable this, users need to set browser.vpn_promo.enabled to false on the about:config page How the fuck are you supposed to know about this in advance and prevent this from happening‽

pessimizer 3y ago
If you knew about it ahead of time they would have changed it. The point is to show you advertising that you don't want to see.
ekianjo 3y ago
look at the source code! Simple!
folmar 3y ago
Usually you would just use one of the common user.js files for fixing firefox, for example https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox

drivers99 3y ago

I got that too. They just closed the ticket too: Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED Closed: 1 minute ago Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME

deleted 3y ago
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sfink 3y ago
Yeah, that closure was completely uncommented and mysterious. A later comment linked to a bug saying that the ad had been disabled, presumably because it was showing up where it shouldn't? WORKSFORME doesn't seem like the right resolution for that.
- bithaze 3y ago
  The two bugs were also closed as duplicates of each other, which feels a little sloppy.

mikl 3y ago

The list of Mozilla bullshit you have to use about:config to get rid of grows ever longer. Still annoyed that Pocket can’t be removed like a regular extension, only disabled in about:config.

cwillu 3y ago
Also, about:config is disabled on mobile unless you're running a nightly build.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y ago
  You can access about:config and use add-on collections on Firefox Beta too now.
- laurentlbm 3y ago
  Mull (https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix https://github.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix) is a great fork with privacy improvements, and about:config is accessible.
  - cwillu 3y ago
    Does it have all the usual codecs, or are some of them considered too proprietary to give users the option of using them?