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uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
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Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#202Honestly, I can't really browse on my phone anymore. I'm... spoiled by FF + uBlock and I can't tolerate all the distractions. Will we ever get enough traction on either blocking mechanisms or stop shoving ads everywhere? Will the general public experience the pleasures of an ad-less internet? P.S. I'm on an iPhone, blockers failed me so far. Thanks for the suggestions fellas.
Brave on iOS is great. So is the DDG browser.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#203This is honestly one of the first time I'm convinced in a technical sense to consider Firefox over Chrome. uBlock Origin feels as core to me to web browsing as Saved Passwords and Incognito Mode. That uBlock Origin can work better is like the browser itself being better.
I just recently (few months ago) switched over to FF from Chrom(e|ium). What pushed me was Google, on short notice, revoking all Sync API keys from all Linux distros, and I'll be damned if I'm going to use software that's as important as my browser from a source like the AUR. The AUR is great mind you, and for a small number of things I accept the risks and burdens that come with using it (auditing the PKGBUILDs on u…
> I don't think credit card autofill is allowed at all
I would consider this a feature, not a bug.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#204This is honestly one of the first time I'm convinced in a technical sense to consider Firefox over Chrome. uBlock Origin feels as core to me to web browsing as Saved Passwords and Incognito Mode. That uBlock Origin can work better is like the browser itself being better.
I like Brave's adblocking better than uBlock Origin anyway.
Saying this as a former uBlock Origin fanatic.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#205Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have been using Firefox as my daily driver for 3+ years now. Haven't encountered a single case of sites working any worse than on Chrome. I also recently started using Firefox full-time on my work machine despite IT strongly mandating that all our tools only work on Chrome and everyone should use that. Have had zero problems (and we use every Google service under the sun).
The only website I regularly use that doesn't work with Firefox is Google voice.
I use it in Firefox a lot, for several years now, with no problems. I'm using Fedora + KDE but I doubt that makes much difference.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only website I regularly use that doesn't work with Firefox is Google voice.
I use it in Firefox a lot, for several years now, with no problems. I'm using Fedora + KDE but I doubt that makes much difference.
It works for checking messages and sending them, but I've never been able to get audio to work for making or receiving phone calls. Then again, I even have similar issues with chrome, but it works most of the time.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
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I think Firefox's shortcomings are overstated. Often they're actually Mozilla's rather than Firefox's. There are other things I consider superior about Firefox that Chrome has yet to implement: - Multi-account containers is a killer feature IMO. I have different containers for banking, Facebook, a container for every email, a container for every Google/YouTube account, and so forth. - The option to enable canvas perm…
Privacy considerations aside, containers are great for using multiple AWS accounts simultaneously. Since we use an AWS account as a deployment container, it’s typical to have 10s of different accounts you have to jump between and it’s just not possible to effectively do ops with another browser.
By any chance you are using nightly. I am not able to login as IAM user in firefox nightly. For last couple of months always get 403 from AWS.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think Firefox's shortcomings are overstated. Often they're actually Mozilla's rather than Firefox's. There are other things I consider superior about Firefox that Chrome has yet to implement: - Multi-account containers is a killer feature IMO. I have different containers for banking, Facebook, a container for every email, a container for every Google/YouTube account, and so forth. - The option to enable canvas perm…
Privacy considerations aside, containers are great for using multiple AWS accounts simultaneously. Since we use an AWS account as a deployment container, it’s typical to have 10s of different accounts you have to jump between and it’s just not possible to effectively do ops with another browser.
Mutli-account containers is really a game-changing feature for me. I switched from Chrome back to Firefox about 3 years ago (even before containers were available) and at this point there's no going back. I keep chrome around for some sites that require it, but that's it.
Now how do I get Chrome to stop auto-installing itself in my login items on macOS everytime there's some kind of update.
Edit:
Also, if you're on Android, set Firefox Focus as your default browser! It's amazing to not have to think about the tracking consequences everytime you click a link somewhere on your phone. It's basically a new "container" for every link click. If you need the cookies, then there's a handy "Open With" menu to let you re-open the page with regular Firefox, or Chrome.
And uBO works on the regular Firefox Android browser.. Again, game-changer for me.
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#209Honestly, I can't really browse on my phone anymore. I'm... spoiled by FF + uBlock and I can't tolerate all the distractions. Will we ever get enough traction on either blocking mechanisms or stop shoving ads everywhere? Will the general public experience the pleasures of an ad-less internet? P.S. I'm on an iPhone, blockers failed me so far. Thanks for the suggestions fellas.
Firefox focus includes a decent safari content blocker
Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
#210This is honestly one of the first time I'm convinced in a technical sense to consider Firefox over Chrome. uBlock Origin feels as core to me to web browsing as Saved Passwords and Incognito Mode. That uBlock Origin can work better is like the browser itself being better.
I think Firefox's shortcomings are overstated. Often they're actually Mozilla's rather than Firefox's. There are other things I consider superior about Firefox that Chrome has yet to implement: - Multi-account containers is a killer feature IMO. I have different containers for banking, Facebook, a container for every email, a container for every Google/YouTube account, and so forth. - The option to enable canvas perm…
I had some serious performance problems on my MBP last year, back when a lot of the major Rust changes came out (no idea if that's relevant). Was super laggy trying to play videos. Gave it another try a couple months ago and everything is fixed! Very happy user now, won't be going back to Chrome. The features you highlighted are some nice added bonuses on top of removing another layer of Google tracking.