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Firefox 139 hides homescreen option to disable ads (lemm.ee)
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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:

Firefox 139:

You can still remove these advertisements, but you have to leave the homepage and dig through the settings to find that option.

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[โ€“] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

I love the em dashes, the weird similes, and the insistence that anybody can just sit down at and play a piano. As you do.

First, simplicity over novelty. Early on, Scott Forstall told us Arc felt like a saxophone โ€” powerful but hard to learn. Then he challenged us: make it a piano. Something anyone can sit down at and play. This is now the idea behind Dia: hide complexity behind familiar interfaces.