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Post by chipperyman573 »

sirius87 wrote: post #232
gbrown wrote: post #186

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Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

I can second this. Along with "Popup Blocker (strict)" and "HTTPS Everywhere", the web is a lot less annoying. But Firefox on Android has some basic issues: the tabs go dead/unresponsive on some JS heavy websites.

Why do you need a strict popup blocker? I honestly can't remember the last time I got a popup ad, but there are useful popups every once in a while (oauth logins, etc). It seems more annoying than anything.

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Post by paxswill »

dnate wrote: post #246
gbrown wrote: post #186

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Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

Does it exist / work on iOS?

No, other browsers on iOS are basically wrapping Safari. If you want ad blocking on iOS, you have to use an app that uses the content blocker API. My favorite is 1Blocker X, which seems to be pretty well reviewed as well.

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Post by darepublic »

cyborgx7 wrote: post #221
gbrown wrote: post #186

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Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

Ad blocking on android really is Firefox's killer app. I'm surprised it isn't more popular just because of this.

From a selfish POV isn't it better as an adblock user that other users don't use adblock? Then they unwittingly subsidize your pleasant ad free experience.

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Post by the_af »

gbrown wrote: post #186
jannes wrote: post #135

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We should also thank Firefox for having adblockers at the time when Chrome was released. Otherwise Google wouldn't have felt the need to add an adblocker extension API in the first place. Having adblocker extensions was one of the things that allowed Google to get Firefox users to switch at the time. Ever wonder why Mobile Chrome doesn't have extensions or adblockers? Because it didn't have to compete with Firefox to…

Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

Thanks for reminding me about this. I kept thinking "Google Chrome on Android is unbearable because of all the ads", and your post reminded me I could do something about it. Just installed Firefox + muBlock Origin. Thanks!

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by mr_custard »

m-p-3 wrote: post #210
gbrown wrote: post #186

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Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

And the Redirect AMP to HTML [1] addon, I enjoy my AMP-free life. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/

Thank you! I didn't know this AMP redirect extension existed. Installing immediately!

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by iwasakabukiman »

bmn__ wrote: post #218
MrGilbert wrote: post #151

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> [...] and it's impossible to block. That's not entirely true. Troy Hunt had (and still has) that[1], and his banner got added to EasyList none the less. [1]: https://www.troyhunt.com/ad-blockers-are-part-of-the-problem...

Hunt is under the impression that he has a right to force Web clients to consume content like he wants to after it has left his server. This is, of course, not how the Web works, and he should know better. There is no point in getting upset about it and then writing a blog entry. Content blocking is a direct consequence of past abuse. He must understand even though he thinks he does nothing wrong, the bar of acceptab…

> He must understand even though he thinks he does nothing wrong, the bar of acceptability for people who subscribe to content blocker update lists – after past abuse – is: no distraction at all.

Simple solution for you then: Don't visit sites with advertising. By repeatedly visiting sites with advertising, you're basically saying, "I want all this content but I'm not willing to support them financially."

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Post by icebraining »

mikhailt wrote: post #244
icebraining wrote: post #154

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Why? It's not like the user can distinguish the two, so in term of giving a bad image, it's essentially the same.

Think of the impact if the site is blocked by the browser's red malware warning UI (Google's safe browsing or smartscreen in IE) because a compromised file was hosted on the main domain. It is much harder to get the site whitelisted once it has been compromised since it is on the same domain. In my job, we had a site domain that was falsely flagged as malware-infected and it took about a few days before it was confir…

AFAIK, Google Safe Browsing will show that warning on your site even if the malware came from a third-party domain.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by trobertson »

m-p-3 wrote: post #210
gbrown wrote: post #186

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Firefox mobile on Android with uBlock origin is currently a vastly superior experience to Chrome.

And the Redirect AMP to HTML [1] addon, I enjoy my AMP-free life. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amp2html/

And you can redirect any website (say, a news site to an archive.org copy) with the Redirector addon:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by driverdan »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #217
jvolkman wrote: post #204

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You can pay for a YouTube premium account which doesn't have ads.

Which is also expensive. In Canada, it's 12$/m, but in includes original shows, YouTube Music, and a bunch of things I would never use. I would gladly pay a couple bucks a month to remove ads, but the fact that it's more expensive than it needs to be and includes so much more than I care about makes me not want to.

$12/m is not expensive for most people living in Canada.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by amyjess »

worble wrote: post #99
scardine wrote: post #68

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Lets not forget WSL. I just got the WSL2 upgrade - it turns a Windows 10 desktop into a quite decent software developer workstation. Seriously guys, if the last time you used Windows was a few years ago it is time to give it a another shot.

If the WSL is the only reason windows is a decent development workstation, then why not just use Linux in the first place? What unique factor is Windows offering here?

I would rather not fuck with the OS on my Surface. Not only does it have a bunch of oddball hardware that may or may not have fully-functional drivers on Linux, but Windows has a really good touchscreen UX that I'd rather continue using.

If I need to do serious work, I'll snap the keyboard on and open WSL, but for anything else, I'll detatch the keyboard and just browse the web with Edge.

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