Look at it! What is that? It looks kind of like a cross section of a human, kind of, except the eyes are pools of blackened fire and the brain is sending electrical pulses out to… are those Jupiters? Why? Why??? This is absolute nightmare shit lol

  • edric@lemm.ee
    46·
    1 year ago

    The first thing I do on a fresh install of firefox is disable pocket.

      • giant_smeeg@feddit.uk
        5·
        1 year ago

        No, but a good option that still works:

        • Disable pocket from the FF home page.
        • Get your personalised RSS link from your pocket profile
        • Add it to RSS reader of choice
        • Click pocket button on article
        • Read in RSS reader
        • Never see sponsored crap
        • shua_too@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I tried omnivore for a bit because it’s pretty clean and seems to integrate well with other apps like Obsidian, Logseq, etc. but I found it to be a little too sparse. I’m currently using raindrop.ion and that’s hitting the sweet spot for me. I think a big part of it is that omnivore is geared strongly toward heavy readers, so as a designer I save a lot of things for viewing more than reading, and more of an archive for projects and thoughts than something to catch up with. And I’ve got my reading list, movie list, software list, and all sorts of others in there that it’s closer to a personal Pinterest than a read it later app.

          It is a really nice app though so if someone’s in the market for a reading-first definitely check it out! I’m personally really digging my personal knowledge archive with raindrop.ion and think it’s worth checking out too!

  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
    28·
    1 year ago

    I’ve never allowed pocket to be enabled long enough to even see what it looks like, lol.

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
    201·
    1 year ago

    Well, it’s advertising, so they will systematically and programmatically identify whatever imagery will gain your attention (which this has)

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know how Firefox does it for Pocket, but you’re overcomplicating it.

        Just have to track what stays on your screen longer. They could also account for where your attention likely is on the visible screen based off what, if anything, you are interacting with (menus etc).

        If you scroll past something in a second, but leave something else on your screen roughly in the middle without scrolling past it or moving to a menu for 3 seconds then it’s pretty obvious which caught your attention.

        • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          This! JavaScript also supports hoverover and many other cursor events besides mere clicking, and I (an adtech engineer, now reformed) collected those types of events in our sdk

  • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    11·
    1 year ago

    TIL there are folks who don’t immediately turn pocket off on a fresh install…

    Anyway, yeah, that pic is pretty weird

    • ReakDuck@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      In our Schools, Firefox is constantly reset on our profile but Chrome not. Its absolute bullshit

      • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
        0·
        1 year ago

        True, but if you count that on top of the other settings worth changing then it adds up. That said, I still use Firefox so I’m not even including myself lol

        • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 year ago

          I keep seeing this mentioned. There’s no reason to use Libre or Water or any other fork of FF if you realize you can pretty much make FF do whatever the hell you want. Then you get all the current updates and security patches as well.

          • Dee@lemmings.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I still like the idea of forks existing though, more variety is always good (I say, typing this from FF…)

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlOP
      85·
      1 year ago

      I kinda liked the recommendations so I didn’t, but looking in settings you can turn off sponsored shit which means I never need to see the Penny Horror meat monster again

    • StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml
      623·
      1 year ago

      I can write that article.

      Here are 3 things we could totally stop wasting money on, try it for yourself!

      1. Avocado Toast

      2. Fancy lattes

      3. Lamborghini Revueltos

      I should apply to Buzzfeed this weekend

      • ram@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        It’s actually worse than that. It’s a link to a service from Capital One that tries to help you find better deals online, a link to one of those lone-repayment services, and a link to a new car insurance company.

  • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
    41·
    1 year ago

    Recommended by Pocket stories on the New Tab page is a feature currently available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, Italy, France and Spain. We’re working to bring it to other countries.

    i’ve never seen it before, thanks for the tip