Bug#634101: chromium: Ads on the "new tab" page (non-blockable by adblock)

[Urs Ganse]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:22:19PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> tag 634101 -patch
> thanks
> 
> Hi, although there is a patch included in the upstream bug report, it
> only disables displaying the ads.  To get to an acceptable solution,
> the patch will need to prevent downloading the material as well.

That's not correct. The patch actually rips out the whole "promo"
subsystem, including the background downloading mechanism and click
reporting.

The comment you are referring to in the upstream bugtracker was just
mentioning that the proposed solution - disabling the promo display on
the new tab page via preferences - does not prevent downloading.

The patch removes all of it.

> Best wishes,
> Mike

cheers,
//urs