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03-09-2026 10:12 PM
I think we all knew this kind of crap was coming sooner or later. We need to **bleep** this before the toilet becomes clogged.
You see the attached image? That is an advert. You know it's an advert, you're not stupid. I've just removed it from my history AND my bookmarks menus, yet it remains here, taking up the space of 4-5 menu items. It's designed to draw my attention and manipulate me into doing something that I otherwise wouldn't have bothered to do. I don't want to sign into my web browser, why would I do that? That doesn't sound like something a reasonable man would do.
It's not an option, there are options underneath it - this one is an advert. Remove it. If I wanted to see adverts, I'd use Chrome or Edge.
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29-10-2026 11:13 AM
It seems that Mozilla have listened. I got an update today and the little box was smaller, and then I put my mouse over it and saw an X. I clicked the X and now the ad is gone 🙂
There's still a little "Sign in" button beside the option to "Sync and Save Data", but I'll cut them some slack and say that is technically just an option in the menu for those who want to use that feature, unlike the big annoying purple box which was clearly an advert.
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03-09-2026 10:13 PM
Bleep? Is "N i p" a bad word now?
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03-09-2026 10:34 PM - edited 03-09-2026 11:01 PM
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03-09-2026 11:23 PM
Thanks, this helps to remove the issue, although for what it's worth I would also like Mozilla to stop doing this, because it's only going to get worse from here.
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10-09-2026 04:36 PM
you got a solution for that in the language we are currently using? Firefox doesn't translate text when you have ai features turned off (hostile behavior, translation tech long predates ai), which i do. Where is this code supposed to go, i'm not a tech expert, I'm just a pissed off firefox user who hates obvious dark patterns and SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THIS BECAUSE MOZILLA NEVER SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIRST PLACE IT IF THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEIR USERS.
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12-09-2026 08:03 AM
At the very least, the banner should be available as a config setting. Separate to the config setting for user accounts. For the use-case where people want the option of signing in, without the banner
Or better yet, the least a banner can do is have an X in the corner that instantly and permanently disables it
Like most of the feature signposting in Firefox
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10-09-2026 05:37 PM
found the about:config solution turn "identity.fxaccounts.enabled" to false and restart browser.
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10-09-2026 08:59 PM
Hello
I tested
identity.fxaccounts.enabled false and restart Firefox.
Access and identify to my account is no longer possible.
identity.fxaccounts.enabled true and restart Firefox.
Access and identify to my account is possible.
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10-09-2026 10:00 PM
Cool, maybe that's not a solution for YOU, but for whomever doesn't want to USE AN ACCOUNT ON FIREFOX, it is the solution, as getting rid of the accounts feature WAS ENTIRELY MY INTENTION. I don't know why YOU needed to test it if YOU have a firefox account that you use and as such aren't being asked to log into an account you don't have and don't want through dark pattern banners! What is you angle here, dude?
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10-09-2026 10:28 PM
For illustration userChrome.css
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJF6i0OsEXA
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29-10-2026 11:13 AM
It seems that Mozilla have listened. I got an update today and the little box was smaller, and then I put my mouse over it and saw an X. I clicked the X and now the ad is gone 🙂
There's still a little "Sign in" button beside the option to "Sync and Save Data", but I'll cut them some slack and say that is technically just an option in the menu for those who want to use that feature, unlike the big annoying purple box which was clearly an advert.
