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A few versions ago Firefox has started popping up these little feature ads that steal focus from the address bar, and now I seem them almost every day. Googling for "firefox pop-ups" is predictably unhelpful.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this due to the "Recommend features as you browse" setting?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, this seems to be a likely culprit :) I've toggled that off, along with "Recommend extensions as your browse"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Replace Firefox with LibreWolf while the developers of Ladybird are working on an alternative.

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