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All this does is cause advertisers to look at more advances mechanisms to track users and make it 'mainstream' -- like browser fingerprinting. These are also not explictly governed by existing legislation, so they can also worry about things like cookie laws and there's little to no defense.
>For new users who install and download Firefox for the first time, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be set on by default as part of the ‘Standard’ setting in the browser and will block known “third-party tracking cookies” according to the Disconnect list. Despite other issues, which there are some, I'm really happy to see FF not only enable more ways for users to protect themselves - but to be rolling…
My parents are completely tech illiterate. But they are also afraid of this tracking and becoming much more aware of this power. So they ask me to set up their browsers to do so. I don't go full in, but basic stuff. There are still little hiccups but even they are happier to have small hiccups than be tracked. They see it as a fair trade-off. I think this attitude is common non-technical users. Tldr: I fully support…
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Firefox is fast enough for most people, it has a UI as good as Chrome (that maybe is shit for some people, however most people don't care), most people don't care if Pocket is included or not (it is not like Firefox keeps nagging you to use it either). The only point I concur with you is that all sites should work, however the majority of times I see a site broken in Firefox is because of the developer not testing in…
Why should the developers worry about a browser that is only covering 10% as I remember that is the cover ? Specially if you have a small team who has time and people to make multiple versions to run on different browsers? You can just put a banner saying this website works well on chrome. FF should be more active in making all the sites work on their browser.
Indeed Chrome is the new IE
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What do you recommend for adblocking on Safari?
uBlock Origin, same as anywhere else. https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBl...
I want someone to be as dedicated to the product as id was to doom. I want to be able to use their browser for free for a year or three. If I still like you then I'll mary you. Then I'll pay a yearly fee for as long as I live.
Edit: until you start to act a fool. If you do then you're out. Can someone please create this product?
I'm not sure why the "Multi Account Containers" are not built into the browser but I found this add-on to be a motivating factor in switching to FF. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
When I first tried to switch to from Chrome to Firefox, I got frustrated by the different approaches to user profiles, but multi-containers fixed it for me. Chrome makes it easy to switch profiles/accounts with the account button in the top right, but Firefox profile management is clunky. You have to choose on startup and can’t launch a window with a different profile from the browser itself. Next time I tried, I fou…
That's actually why I prefer the full profile option in Firefox (i.e. running 'firefox -p' and selecting a profile). I don't want shared history across profiles.
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I would love to switch to safari. What do you use for ad-blocking?
UBlock Origin supports Safari: https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBl...
I've dumped Chrome altogether since FF 67 was released. My only gripe is they still aren't blocking ALL ads, but regardless it's a way better user experience now than it ever was. Firefox 67 feels like a whole new beast compared to their older versions. If you haven't tried FF for a while I recommend doing so and I suggest trying it across multiple devices. The tab management, syncing, pinning and sending etc. across…
Firefox doesn’t block ads by default, but you can install uBlock Origin, the best ad blocker available. I also recommend Privacy Badger. It’s a neat extension that automatically detects trackers by auto-learning. This means that Privacy Badger will catch trackers that aren’t caught by static lists, like what Firefox and uBlock Origin are doing. Btw, both these extensions I mentioned are now deprecated in Chrome due t…
i trust ublock origin because gorhill is very public, passionate, and transparent. i trust privacy badger because it's backed by the EFF's reputation. those are two very high bars to set and they are literally the only two extensions i trust enough to install on my machine.
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They can't and likely won't ever block ALL ads because they are funded through a search contract with Google. The whole point of that contract is to drive ad revenue.
As netizens, is there a way to replace Mozilla's dependence on another private company for revenue? Govt grants? Or is merely donations the only way?
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Firefox doesn’t block ads by default, but you can install uBlock Origin, the best ad blocker available. I also recommend Privacy Badger. It’s a neat extension that automatically detects trackers by auto-learning. This means that Privacy Badger will catch trackers that aren’t caught by static lists, like what Firefox and uBlock Origin are doing. Btw, both these extensions I mentioned are now deprecated in Chrome due t…
personally, i hate extensions -- they have a bad track record overall. if i install an extension, i have to keep watching it to be sure it hasn't been sold to a third-party datamining company. same problem with phone apps, but at least phones offer permissions controls for apps. i trust ublock origin because gorhill is very public, passionate, and transparent. i trust privacy badger because it's backed by the EFF's r…
They survived for years without a permissions system in place. I'm glad that's now in place though.
I always felt uncomfortable letting random extensions active in Private Mode.