WTF? Do you see this as well?
this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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Nor on Firefox for Android. But I've removed the "sponsored stuff" on my new tabs page. This is more user error than intrusion IMO.
I had sponsored stuff disabled too, and it still shows up. So it's not 'user-error'. Now don't get me wrong. I'm excited for the world cup so I don't mind the countdown. But only excited to see how big of a cluster fuck it's going to be.
They added a new setting for "world cup" specifically. Its not user error since its enabled by default and silently.
This is what my homepage settings look like on android. The world cup ad is entirely separate from sponsored stuff, and is enabled by default
Huh. I don't have that World Cup option. Is it a regional thing? I'm running Firefox 151.0.
Maybe. I'm in the US
I got it on a fresh Firefox install.