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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

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 43 points 2 years ago

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

[–] buh@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hustle culture protip: you can pay off rent this month by selling your soul to moloch!

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Grind your soul to dust for profit!

[–] adrianmalacoda@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe if we didn't spend all our money on... whatever this is, money wouldn't be so tight.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried simply disabling pocket?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years 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

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pocket has been techbro nightmare shit for years. I always disable it the moment I can.

[–] CA0311@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

looks like an accurate depiction of the effects poverty has on the human brain

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best Librewolf advertisement

[–] Kara@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would be if there wasn't a very simple way to completely disable pocket

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 points 2 years ago

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

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

What others are worth changing?

[–] Sused@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago

Some ai generated bullshit

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

yea i'll disable it when it comes to my country

[–] really@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is pennyhoarder? I see their articles everywhere. It’s crazy how they have managed to insert themselves so completely.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

This is a perfect example of their ads working.