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0514: Activity Stream, fixes #396
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AS is out of control. No master switch in FF60+, and in order to 100% sure nothing is collected locally (or external connections made), there are now some 28 prefs (including those coming in FF61). This is re-DICK-ulous. We're not going to bother tracking all that, let alone the labyrinth of code. All users are advised to just make sure they remove the XPI every time they update FF.
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Thorin-Oakenpants authored Apr 21, 2018
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* Just DELETE the XPI file in your System Add-ons directory
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2017/06/05/measuring-search-in-firefox/ ***/
/* 0514: disable Activity Stream (FF54+)
* Activity Stream replaces "New Tab" with one based on metadata and browsing behavior,
* and includes telemetry as well as web content such as snippets and "spotlight"
* Activity Stream is the default homepage/newtab, based on metadata and browsing behavior,
* and includes telemetry and web content such as snippets, top stories (pocket), top sites, etc.
* - ONE: make sure to set your "home" and "newtab" to about:blank (or use an extension to control them)
* - TWO: DELETE the XPI file in your System Add-ons directory (note this get reinstalled on app updates)
* And/or you can try to control the ever-growing, ever-changing "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.*" prefs
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream
* [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/firefox-mockups-show-activity-stream-new-tab-page-and-share-updates/ ***/
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
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maybe add the version? "Activity Stream is the default homepage/newtab in FF60+. It's based on ..."

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I think that's in 61. Lemme check. BRB

AS has been the default since 57+ (on new installs) - pretty sure that it auto-migrated people as well if they were using the old default page as well (with the tiles etc)

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and perhaps move the remains of 0360 to this after FF60 is released. browser.newtabpage.enabled is the pref that sets "newtab" to either AS or about:blank.

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Remains of 0360 will probably get removed? They're still removing the old code. We can keep an eye on it for sure.

When 61 lands we'll have the new Home tab with the two dropdowns (home / newtab) - see the pic here - #396 (comment) - and can probably clean up 0102+0103 etc and link back to those in 0514

We can clean that up then

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