user.js

commit 4badc42879184cc5a470430504f9339360f005ff
parent 6946a012320025d257a80a0729000d34c5240ec4
Author: Thorin-Oakenpants <Thorin-Oakenpants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:36:26 +0000

0105b: kill snippets endpoint #528

it's too hard to follow AS changes, and work out if disabling showing items (basic toggling of show/hide sections etc) actually stops downloading a localized local copy etc. For items we actually want to block, let the endpoint slaughter begin.
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user.js
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/user.js b/user.js
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", "");
 /* 0105b: disable Activity Stream Snippets
  * Runs code received from a server (aka Remote Code Execution) and sends information back to a metrics server
  * [1] https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/ ***/
+user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "");
+user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", "");
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false);
-user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "");
 /* 0105c: disable Activity Stream Top Stories, Pocket-based and/or sponsored content ***/
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
 user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false);