As an alternative, if you're using macOS (or iOS) then Kagi's Orion Browser seems decent:
For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default
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#42https://librewolf.net/
And fallback to Firefox when things don't work. Which is usually on sketchy websites, websites that have heavy bot protection and fingerprinting or ones that use gpu APIs.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this line is very important: > First, in the absence of alternatives, there are enormous economic incentives for advertisers to try to bypass these countermeasures, leading to a perpetual arms race that we may not win. It's very likely that this arms race will lead to DRM in web publications and video feeds (which Google is already experimenting with).
I will begrudgingly admit he has a point here. In a few years I imagine almost all sites will refuse to serve anything without WEI, and the "open" web will be the preserve of a few hobbyists. Annoyingly you'll still need to use a compromised browser (or worse, app) to do anything with your bank, etc.
It will be something like WEI or sites will just be a giant blob served via WebASM.
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#44Firefox mobile also won't let me into about:config. So I guess that's the end. Opera? Other recommendations?
Which OS are you using?
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#45So how do we turn it off? Found it. Go to settings, type privacy into the search box. The last item under "Firefox Data Collection and Use" is a check box labelled "Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement". It was already unchecked on mine when I looked just now.
Yeah on desktop. On mobile it's a lot harder. It's still turned on and you have to use a workaround to enable about: config because they don't bother to make this option visible in settings.
Do we know why they blocked about:config on mobile? It doesn't make any sense at all...
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#46Says the site that only offers one big button "accept" to its cookies :( :( There's no "Nope". Edit: Weird, some people seem to have received more options than me. For me there was just one option to accept (Zustimmen) and nothing else. Everything was in German but I read German anyway. I was on mobile though, perhaps this is why? I can't see it again because I already pressed it. A practice (pay or accept cookies) w…
My current process for "modal asking any consent when I just jumped in the page and don’t have any certainty there is something there I am looking for" is
- does reader view toggle works? if yes, consult, end here
- am I really looking for some information that might be there? if "no I just clicked a link from somewhere on the internet", then end here
- still here? Hey, what about looking at the DOM, if the information looked for is not a simple small segment of text, there are good chances a few CSS/HTML tweak will reveal this. Got it? end here, though you might consider to automate this process with Greasemonkey if this domain often fall in your research.
- no luck so far? It’s ok, you know Internet is vast, there are plenty of other page to visit. WTF are you doing here anyway, don’t you have a job, hobbies and people to cherish? And what about a small walk, you look like you need some fresh air, you know?
Re: For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default
#47So how do we turn it off? Found it. Go to settings, type privacy into the search box. The last item under "Firefox Data Collection and Use" is a check box labelled "Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement". It was already unchecked on mine when I looked just now.
On MacOS that checkbox is in a separate section called "Website Advertising Preferences".
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#48I wish the article showed us how to disable PPA.[1]
1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attr...
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#49Re: For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default
#50So where can I donate to Ladybird browser development? Before anyone tries to respond with it. It is https://donorbox.org/ladybird
They really need to start adding windows as a build target at some near point in the future. As a webdev, that’s the only way I can convince the public to switch.
I mean for a long while even the GNU project provided Windows builds for Icecat browser. Probably to much Stallman grumbling.
EDIT : Actually they still update it. Last version is 115.