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?
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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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.
You can disable sponsored shortcuts on the homepage settings, if that's what it's referring to
Everyone is too busy being angry to click the little gear icon.
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.
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
nand 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!
I think you can make it only autocomplete your bookmarks in the settings.
But I also don't want that. I just want the normal auto-complete to work 10/10 times, not just 9/10.