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But does it also block tracking? (Hint: No, it doesn't)
Looking at dev console the various tracking scripts are blocked
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Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#702For those who use uBlock Origin Lite, have you noticed any issues/deficiencies in what ads are blocked? I haven't.
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Removing capabilities is not progress towards better security. Putting them behind opt-in permissions, making permissions more granular, more robust... those are security upgrades. Removing capabilities is a feature downgrade.
Security upgrades are never opt-in, and for good reason. The status quo would remain in-secure. Every encryption suite upgrade, SSL software version, DNS versions, etc. maintained backwards compatibility for a window then closed it... just like we have seen here with manifest v2 -> v3. "Please stop looking at all network requests, especially when you don't need to." doesn't result in action... while: "You can no long…
New versions of encryption suites don't remove core functionality. This is like TLS removing SNI because it leaks information. It does, but the solution is ESNI, not removing SNI all together.
It's not "please stop looking at network requests", it's "ask the user for informed consent to look at network requests". Make it a big scary red warning if you want to. Definitely don't auto-grant it to existing extensions.
There are many options that don't involve removing functionality. It's like when Google removed SMS and clipboard permissions because they used to be too broad. People were pissed, a bunch of apps were killed, Google's walled garden got reinforced...
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Brave has native ad-block and anti finger-printing, enabled by default, and the web works excellently as in I don't know of a single site that doesn't work with it.
Brave's ad block is pretty ineffectual by itself. For example it doesn't block youtube adverts. Recently switched to Firefox with Ublock origin, and loving it. So much more efficient and quick than it was back in the day when we all switched to Chrome.
Similar experience with firefox and ublock origin. I make the cut early, when chrome was threatening to make the change originally and have had a really good experience. Many, many things just work with the ads stripped out. Youtube and other streaming services - I don't know how people can even use them without proper filtering.
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#705There's a mystery here. People hate ads. Firefox is the only major browser (save Brave?) that properly blocks ads. Yet people don't use Firefox (indeed its popularity is in free-fall). Why? Is it because they don't know about it? Or they won't go to the trouble of using any browser that isn't the one provided by default by the OS? I'm not sure. I just don't get it.
1. Firefox is behind on enough of web features that is hurts. Mozilla is explicitly against implementing some, which is even worse. 2. Nobody tests on Firefox anymore, so random sites can break. There're some features unique to Firefox which I miss, but I like being on the be bleeding edge of tech. Firefox has been getting noticeably better recently, so maybe I'll get back to it. If Mozilla changes its stance on loca…
By "web features" you mean things Google decided they wanted and neglected to put through the actual process. This is why Firefox is important; the alternative is letting Google control the Web like Microsoft did.
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A browser that is routinely dumped on by HN for not being perfectly managed lol
HN routinely dumps on chrome too. There is no browser HN likes.
Well chrome is obvious. Firefox always triggers the same complaints about Mozilla foundation. They’re valid, but the dog pile is always very striking. At the end of the day Firefox is a great browser and has enabled a bunch of great forks all outside of the chromium ecosystem. We can be critical and should be, but again, it’s very intense sometimes. Google is clearly worse.
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I have used Firefox solely for over a decade. Recently I switched to Chrome to see what I was missing. I was horrified at Chromes memory bloat and the fact it puts tabs to sleep. Trying to click through old tabs was an absolute nightmare as it tried to quickly load back each tabs state and memory, and cpu spikes massively causing whole machine slowdowns, blank white pages, and app freezes. People say that Firefox doe…
orange.be doesn't work on Firefox. The support will tell you to use Chrome or Edge.
Really? What doesnt work? Im logged into it right now on Firefox and it seems fine to me.
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There is a lot of difference. Try watching Youtube with uBlock Lite for example.
Yes. I see no ads on youtube. Period. None. I tried a blank Firefox on YouTube the other day for a 20 minute video and it was packed with pre-roll ads and then a mid-roll ad every several minutes. Unwatchable.
> I tried a blank Firefox on YouTube
Wouldnt this be the same experience on all 'blank' browsers? The whole point was install ublock origin extension and that all goes away.
You make it sound like its Firefoxs fault that youtube is full of ads!
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> Microsoft threatened to blacklist Steam from Windows That would never fly with consumers, Microsoft are big but not that big.
What would said consumers do about it? Nothing, that's what. No matter how much you think they should do, they won't. Just like your phone isn't a Linux phone.
I guarantee you if steam was blocked on windows, lots of gamers would do something about it. They are generally technically adept people, and if their multi-hundred pound library of games suddenly got taken away from them on windows, many would buy a steam deck or dual boot linux to get that back.