I'd like Mozilla to A/B test a "New Tab" page with all those eyesores removed and replaced with some low-key reminder to donate, which actual donors can switch off.Run the numbers on that, see what the ROI is. See how many thousands of lines of code ...
Thanks for this answer, Kim. It partly addresses the big question I had when this rolled out on Nightly: why? Not so much why the new UI, I get that; it gives Firefox the appearance of being on par with other browsers, even though it was actually way...
…as official extensions. I for one will not mourn the loss of all the Pocket stuff throughout the UI, but I respect the fact the Mozilla perhaps once thought it could be monetized to keep the company afloat. And I wonder what worse thing will end up ...