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> The Firefox team is experimenting with ways to improve the built-in Enhanced Tracking Protection feature in Firefox. This is one of the libraries we're going to experiment with. > - We are not, and have no plans to abandon MV2 extensions. This will ensure certain types of add-ons, like ad-blockers, continue to work best in Firefox. > - Firefox supports several ad-blockers as add-ons on Desktop and Android, includin…
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47900153 > Brendan Eich didn't personally write the code, and he doesn't benefit from Firefox using it. If anything this hurts him, since Firefox is catching up to an advantage of Brave without investing their own development resources. > No matter from what angle I look at this situation, your complaint makes no sense. Don't assume the positions of people who disagree with you ar…
Right, it still doesn’t make sense. You’re still using a product created by a company run by the guy you supposedly hate, why would you the decide to use a product that came from them if you wouldn’t use their product in a manner that doesn’t enrich them at all? Remember, this isn’t based on like, logic or functionality or power or visibility or anything related to the product - it’s based on an emotional view of som…
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So like... Google Chrome with adblocker and Tampermonkey bundled? Just need to disable the cryptocurrency stuff? You don't really make it sound good.
What's the alternative if you want full ad-blocking in a Chromium browser? I use Firefox normally and wouldn't trust Brave, but there are some sites FF doesn't work with, so it's understandable why some people wouldn't use it.
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Even better now that they have a paid offering with all that crap stripped out (Brave Origin) which is free on Linux.
Free or "libre?" Brave Origin seems like a good idea, but I wouldn't use it until it becomes part of mainstream Linux repos and can be built independently.
I recently switched from Android to iOS... no comment except all of the browsers just being a wrapper for Safari is really limiting. I love Firefox and still use it on desktop but I couldn't handle it without extensions on mobile and switched to Brave. Somehow Brave on iOS can do content blocking really well. Will this change make it to the iOS version? I would love to switch back to Firefox where all my stuff is syn…
I stopped paying attention when the major browsers started to act somewhat against the interests of ad-blocking add-ons, some years ago. Would anyone who has kept up let me know what would be the 2026 "industry standard" in terms of an ad-blocking and privacy stack? I primarily use Chrome on Mac and Safari on iPhone but I'm willing to change browsers for better ad-blocking and privacy. I would also be interested in s…
A chief benefit is that Chromium is much more secure than Firefox, especially on mobile.