alt Hacker News> Firefox does not block:
> Ads shown on search engine results pages, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search providers
> Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page
So block ads unless it impacts their revenue sources.
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The correct way to avoid ads is to not visit pages that use them.
> Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page
Not ideal, but (at least on desktop) you can set the Home page to a blank page, and there is an extension called 'Blank New Tab' that I've been using for quite a while.
> You can manage the sponsored content on the Firefox Home and New Tab page in your Homepage settings.
Mozilla knows not to bite Google’s hand, who is the one that actually feeds them hundreds of millions of dollars.
This feels like a place where the "yet you also participate in society" comic fits.
It doesn't have those limitations on Windows or Android, so it must be an Apple requirement or limitation.
"better than nothing"
Ads are bad! Blocking ads on our own homepage? How do you expect us to keep the lights on?