Almost all the links in my front homepage are sponsored now. What’s next, a few ads in the bookmark bar? How about when I enter a URL, I then have to type “McDonald’s” before I can actually navigate there?

  • @[email protected]OP
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    31 month ago

    I was okay with the sponsored links, but now this is affecting the functionality of the app. My phone is shit and I have a hard time sliding to the next page.

    • KubeRoot
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      191 month ago

      You can disable sponsored shortcuts on the homepage settings, if that’s what it’s referring to

      • @Fecundpossum
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        71 month ago

        Everyone is too busy being angry to click the little gear icon.

        • KubeRoot
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          31 month ago

          Eh, the criticism isn’t invalid - those are still ads being added on the front page. What does irk me is people talking about how something breaks their workflow, yet they don’t even try to fix the issue.

    • @FooBarrington
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      31 month ago

      but now this is affecting the functionality of the app

      This shit irks me so much, because it keeps happening!

      There’s this feature that makes your address bar randomly auto complete sponsored URLs instead of your actual history. Pretty fucking annoying to type n and have Netflix pop up, even though I don’t use it.

      When you disable this “feature”, it still breaks your autocomplete! Now instead of suggesting Netflix, it just sometimes doesn’t suggest anything before I continue typing.

      If you must add these anti-features to pay for your CEO, at least don’t break the app when it’s disabled!

        • @FooBarrington
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          11 month ago

          But I also don’t want that. I just want the normal auto-complete to work 10/10 times, not just 9/10.