feat: force third party ntp

patches/force-third-party-ntp.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Copyright 2024-2025 The Trivalent Authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is
+distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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+---
+diff --git a/chrome/browser/search/search.cc b/chrome/browser/search/search.cc
+index 86564e6286685..e1e56774701a3 100644
+--- a/chrome/browser/search/search.cc
++++ b/chrome/browser/search/search.cc
+@@ -175,13 +175,8 @@ struct NewTabURLDetails {
+ #if BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
+     const GURL local_url;
+ #else
+-    const bool default_is_google = DefaultSearchProviderIsGoogle(profile);
+-    const GURL local_url(default_is_google
+-                             ? chrome::kChromeUINewTabPageURL
+-                             : chrome::kChromeUINewTabPageThirdPartyURL);
+-    if (default_is_google) {
+-      return NewTabURLDetails(local_url, NEW_TAB_URL_VALID);
+-    }
++    const GURL local_url(chrome::kChromeUINewTabPageThirdPartyURL);
++    return NewTabURLDetails(local_url, NEW_TAB_URL_VALID);
+ #endif
+
+     const TemplateURL* template_url =