Performing housecleaning in about:config this came up and didn't make any sense.
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.region-stories-block
Why would it block an individual region? in this case FR France.
Standard setup is Newtabpage is disabled on this and other systems with Firefox
What's the deal with blocked region?
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Grumpus
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What's the deal with blocked region?
Doesn't matter what you say, it's wrong for a toaster to walk around the house and talk to you
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LIMPET235
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Re: What's the deal with blocked region?
Moving this to the Tech. forum as per "The Grumps" request...
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(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
Win-10-H/64 bit/500G SSD/16 Gig Ram/450Watt PSU/350WattUPS/Firefox-115.0.2/T-bird-115.3.2./SnagIt-v10.0.1/MWP-7.12.125.
(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
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tanstaafl
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Re: What's the deal with blocked region?
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1612984 seems to imply its used to manage what regions see pocket stories since they're locale specific.
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Grumpus
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Re: What's the deal with blocked region?
Thanks tanstaafl - concern was why FR was default locale unless there's some issue with pocket links from France?
Doesn't matter what you say, it's wrong for a toaster to walk around the house and talk to you