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The FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget (media.piefed.social)
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Spotted on Mozilla's bug tracker:

[meta] Homepage Sports Widget

Where it turns out the countdown widget was part of a broader plan to add a different permanent widget:

Web calls will apparently be providing

  • SportsMatch
  • SportsTeam
  • MatchStatus
  • TournamentPhase

You can also expect a popup on the Desktop that advertises World Cup wallpapers.

The Phase 1 wallpapers and widget remind me of 2017 when 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."

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Ugh