Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

#1

Post by johnnyApplePRNG » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 4:20 AM UTC

I've had uBlock Origin and NoScript installed faithfully for the past few years at least...

Kind of annoying having to whitelist every website I visit on NoScript these days but worth it imho.

Just curious if there are any others out there I should check out.

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#2

Post by nathanaldensr » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 4:32 AM UTC

I stopped using NoScript because the micromanagement of domain names simply took too much time. I rely on Pi-hole to fill that gap somewhat.

To answer your question (Firefox on desktop and mobile):

- uBlock Origin

- Privacy Badger

- HTTPS Everywhere

- Enhancer for YouTube

- Multi-account Containers

- Owl

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#3

Post by nichos » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 4:56 AM UTC

I can't live without this one:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a...

Blocks the "consent to cookies" modal sites are required to have thanks to some terrible legislation.

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#4

Post by holonomically » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 4:56 AM UTC

Vimium.

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#5

Post by spindle » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 4:59 AM UTC

I use a browser/OS combo that makes it very difficult to use any add-ons except for a DNS-based adblocker, and the only thing I miss is a password-filler-inner.

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#6

Post by dartharva » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 5:00 AM UTC

Bypass paywalls clean

Ublock origin

Decentraleyes

Bitwarden

Also, turn on the privacy.resistFingerprinting flag in Firefox about:config.

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#7

Post by dktoao » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 5:07 AM UTC

I like markdown here. Allows you to format you emails ( and other stuff ?? ) with markdown

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#8

Post by invokestatic » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 5:08 AM UTC

dartharva wrote: post #6

Bypass paywalls clean Ublock origin Decentraleyes Bitwarden Also, turn on the privacy.resistFingerprinting flag in Firefox about:config.

resistFingerprinting has kind of a nasty side effect of making every website think you are in UTC. I put up with it, but I’m sure others may find it annoying.

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#9

Post by tehnub » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 5:09 AM UTC

- uBlock Origin for FF and Chrome. For Safari (on both macOS and iOS) I use wipr.

- Dark Reader

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#10

Post by ackatz » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 5:10 AM UTC

I use Safari with Adguard and 1Password.

After using Bitwarden for about 2 years, I recently switched to 1Password and it blows Bitwarden out of the water. Far more efficient and easier to use. A bit more expensive though.