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Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by linknoid »

roca wrote: post #189
linknoid wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only two places I use Chrome are Netflix and Costco. Costco's behavior is just plain weird: "Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://www.costco.com/ " on this server." Is this from running NoScript? Or does it affect all Firefox users? (Also the URL is https:// , not http:// , so the error message doesn't match the URL).

Does Netflix not work in Firefox for you? Mozilla and Netflix have worked together a lot to make sure it does work.

Nope, I get Error Code F7701-1003. I have Wildvine enabled, and I tried completely disabling NoScript. It's easier to just use Chrome for that one thing than have to troubleshoot the problem.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by paranoidrobot »

catlifeonmars wrote: post #132
ravenstine wrote: post #81

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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.

I really wish AWS would figure out multiple accounts on one session.

Even with multiple containers, it still means logging into AWS SSO multiple times and selecting the right account.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by breput »

Knufen wrote: post #212
jackewiehose wrote: post #198

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> you can do fun things like disable the Wake Lock API How? Is there a hidden about:config?

I second this, if anyone knows how to configure this or has a guide it would be much appreciated!

Install the "Video Background Play Fix" add-on.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by JonTarg »

ravenstine wrote: post #81
sackofmugs wrote: post #6

This 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 love FF. It's fantastic on macOS and the customization beats every single other browser out of the water. BUT, and I know this is controversial, and I know the foundation is not the same as those who manage the browser, after the events on the capitol they released and statements saying something like "deplatforming is not enough" and even though I asked several times, I could never get a confirmation from anyone within the Mozilla Foundation assuring me they would never use telemetry data to spy on "undesirables" or that they would never try to block content they deemed harmful.

I get the situation is different, but my parents escaped from two civil wars in Central America in the 70s and the stories they told me about political persecution were scary enough to make me distrust organizations that don't seem to understand nuance when it comes to politics.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by blub »

surround wrote: post #200
blub wrote: post #177

I started using Brave in addition to Firefox recently and I was curious if it supports this. Seems like it does ( https://brave.com/privacy-updates-6/ ) and uBlock origin was the inspiration for that feature. I never used uBlock, but I did use uMatrix (discontinued, but still working) which allows you very fine grained control over scripts and other resources based on the domain. Unfortunately it was a pain to get so…

Brave is Chromium-based and suffers from all of the limitations stated in the parent article. (Except for CNAME cloaking. However, their CNAME uncloaking only applies to their built-in tracking protection. AFAIK, if you use uBo on Brave it will be still unable to uncloak CNAMES.)

While uBlock inside Brave suffers from the same limitations as uBlock within Chrome, the more interesting question is if Brave's native blocking makes that irrelevant or not.

Brave does have a few intriguing privacy features, like plugging WebRTC IP leaks while still allowing use of WebRTC (Firefox is off or on while Safari's always on AFAIK), so that's not excluded.

The main problem with Brave is that they're building on a browser which is designed to leak privacy like a sieve. It seems that they're being careful and monitoring all the anti-features Google's adding, but who knows.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by cat199 »

croutonwagon wrote: post #175
ravenstine wrote: post #81

Earlier 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…

I had to remove multi-account containers due to issues with syncing, namely on a windows 8.1 install, and it causing a TON of browser bloat and CPU usage on MacOS and Linux and my windows 10 desktop in a fairly recent past. It’s unfortunate. Plan to try it again but it was borderline burdensome that x containers or place settings wouldn’t sync or that the Mac mini or linux box would start sounding like a jet engine.

> box would start sounding like a jet engine.

Not sure about the container connection, but Firefox also now has 'about:performance' which is pretty much like 'top for browser tabs'. When things start getting bogged down I can now find the culprit and nuke it.

about:memory is also useful, it allows you to force garbage collection on the browser as a whole.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by iaml »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #181
sackofmugs wrote: post #6

This 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.

It may sound dumb, but the only reason I don’t use FF is because of its UI. Somehow I think Chrome (and Safari) “look better” and make browsing more enjoyable. And this comes from a “techie” that knows exactly why, objectively, FF is probably better than Chrome in terms of privacy. Can’t Mozilla “just copy” the look and feel of Chrome or Safari while keeping FF’s internals untouched?

They have a 'proton' redesign landing soon-ish parts of which you can enable via about:config options on dev/nightly that cleans things up a bit.

Re: uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

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Post by sjwright »

apozem wrote: post #125

I really, really wish Apple would update Safari for uBlock Origin. I’m about to publish a Safari extension (a NoScript equivalent) and the content blocking APIs are so limited. iOS is even worse than the Mac, too. On iOS AFAIK you can’t even reload the page for the user.

> you can’t even reload the page for the user

Can you explain why you'd want to do this? At first blush it seems like a terrible idea to allow extensions to reload pages.

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Post by DamnInteresting »

sjwright wrote: post #228
apozem wrote: post #125

I really, really wish Apple would update Safari for uBlock Origin. I’m about to publish a Safari extension (a NoScript equivalent) and the content blocking APIs are so limited. iOS is even worse than the Mac, too. On iOS AFAIK you can’t even reload the page for the user.

> you can’t even reload the page for the user Can you explain why you'd want to do this? At first blush it seems like a terrible idea to allow extensions to reload pages.

I created an extension that flushes all cookies and local storage for the current domain; it then reloads the page so you appear to be a fresh new visitor.
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