" #Firefox recently rolled out a set of New Tab widgets timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup"

1) No browser should time anything to any sports events
2) This is very annoying and I'm still not sure if I could disable it, because I don't have the button mentioned in the article #darkpattern

https://piunikaweb.com/2026/06/11/how-to-turn-off-firefox-widgets-new-tab/

@buherator
1) that you or I don't like it doesn't mean that doing promotional efforts is a bad idea
2) I got the button and the widgets and can disable it, either individually or altogether. Did you get the widgets but can't remove them? That does sound like a bug.

@adriano

1) OK, let's not dive into the Hell-hole of why a major part of our economy is about advertising shit instead of shit being actually useful, that's really beside the point...
2) I think I may have a previous version of this popping up. But it does pop up, I don't know on what conditions, I refuse spending time on investigating those conditions, but I see no obvious way to turn it off.

@buherator
i love how @librewolf just silently shields from mozilla bullshit and i only sometimes know about it laterally. again, thank you!