Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:41:04 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "gecko@freebsd.org\"" <gecko@freebsd.org> Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3a_Firefox=3a_recommendations_=e2=80=93_Pocket?= Message-ID: <3e10c730-9979-3ee6-6f71-c414a22b801f@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <imn6-q7ft-wny@FreeBSD.org> References: <906002a4-40af-f3f0-ebf5-8318a5c4779f@gmail.com> <imn6-q7ft-wny@FreeBSD.org>
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Spun off from <https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2019-November/074873.html>; On 27/11/2019 04:17, Jan Beich wrote: > Graham Perrin writes: > >> For a few months I got recommendations from Pocket. >> >> No longer. > > Check browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories … I received the same hint, privately, from Pocket Support in response to <https://twitter.com/pocketsupport/status/1199323725465837570>; – "… a way to manually force them to show on locales that are not supported by default. …". >> Is the code removed? Or has Mozilla become stricter about enforcing >> regional restrictions? > > No clue. Wrong list. gecko@ doesn't touch Pocket code/prefs. Cool. Good to know that there's no interference. (Removal of functionality, such as Pocket, is my only complaint about development of Waterfox Current.) >> (I'm in the UK.) > > VPN or did you define the following? > > pref("browser.search.region", "US"); > pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); No VPN. browser.search.region was the magic ingredient. Thanks! Previously set to GB. Changing to US then quitting Firefox was enough to enable recommendations – including sponsored content – for the next run of Firefox. browser.search.countryCode did not exist, I can get recommendations without it. I'll make Pocket Support aware of the gap in their advice. With the appearance of sponsored content: I can add a closing note under <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/pocket-forcing-appearance-of-sponsored-content/28324/11?u=grahamperrin>; The more interesting private part(s) of the response from Pocket, I'll keep private …
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