https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/creepy-world-cup-widgets-as-a-part-of-firefox/m-p/128934#M51483 <P>I actually had no idea this existed, because my new tabs are and have always been blank. I kinda feel bad that this affects ad revenue, but then again I actually purchased Netscape 1.0 on a floppy disk at a retail store and I'd be more than happy to just do that again (well, maybe not the floppy disk) rather than go the ad route. I've always viewed a browser as a door to the online world, and the modern way is to basically be bum-rushed by the world as soon as you open it. No thanks.</P> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:26:35 GMT AngryOldQNerd 2026-06-14T20:26:35Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/creepy-world-cup-widgets-as-a-part-of-firefox/m-p/128112#M50920 <P><STRONG>Cut this crap out.</STRONG></P><P>I won’t tolerate ads like this in my open-source browser. And I sure as hell won’t have it making requests to some unknown API. Firefox is a <EM>privacy-first</EM> browser - not Chrome, not Edge, not some corporate spyware. <STRONG>Fix this now, please!</STRONG></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="fro_do_0-1781025331829.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14749iA4328539178E99CB/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="fro_do_0-1781025331829.png" alt="fro_do_0-1781025331829.png" /></span></P><P>If anyone wants that creepy Donald Trump Word Cup nonsense, they can install a Firefox extension or another browser. But it has no place in Firefox itself!!!</P> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:16:20 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/creepy-world-cup-widgets-as-a-part-of-firefox/m-p/128112#M50920 fro_do 2026-06-09T17:16:20Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/creepy-world-cup-widgets-as-a-part-of-firefox/m-p/128934#M51483 <P>I actually had no idea this existed, because my new tabs are and have always been blank. I kinda feel bad that this affects ad revenue, but then again I actually purchased Netscape 1.0 on a floppy disk at a retail store and I'd be more than happy to just do that again (well, maybe not the floppy disk) rather than go the ad route. I've always viewed a browser as a door to the online world, and the modern way is to basically be bum-rushed by the world as soon as you open it. No thanks.</P> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:26:35 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/creepy-world-cup-widgets-as-a-part-of-firefox/m-p/128934#M51483 AngryOldQNerd 2026-06-14T20:26:35Z