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FIFA Worldcup Ad in FireFox on Android (lemmy.ml)
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WTF? Do you see this as well?

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I did see that and was wtf about it. And "Nimbus experiments" (per Katy's post below) means "ads"? Give it a break, Mozilla. Ok I'll turn off the experiments before they start injecting AI slop into pages.

[–] Ilumar@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Go to Settings -> About Firefox/Fennec

Tap the logo until it says "Debug settings enabled"

Go back and enter the new "Secret Settings" menu. There you can turn off Nimbus and Labs permanently. Also toggle "Keep Debug Menu revealed" so you don't have to enable it every time you want to change something.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I already had the Nimbus settings turned off but got that FIFA thing anyway. I'll see if it happens again.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

And “Nimbus experiments” (per Katy’s post below) means “ads”?

Not new, believe it or not. In 2017 they rolled out the creepiest experiment possible and then apologized with language that would be at home today.

"Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer... "This was not a paid promotion but rather a collaboration that was intended to be fun."