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Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by newman8r »

MrGilbert wrote: post #151
newman8r wrote: post #137

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You can always do a direct ad deal if it's the right niche. Better privacy for your users and it's impossible to block.

> [...] 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...

Very interesting. I wonder if it's possible to get around by randomizing the element class after each reload - sounds like renaming it worked temporarily.

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Post by wtmt »

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?

As mentioned in another comment, iOS doesn't allow extensions. But Firefox Focus works quite well, and comes with a content (ad) blocker. Any content blocker you enable in Settings.app is used by all browsers.

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Post by Endy »

sjwright wrote: post #319
Endy wrote: post #299

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I have found that, as much as Moonchild & Tobin can be difficult, I trust their judgment far more than I do Mozilla's. I want to be in control of my browser, I want to determine what gets downloaded and uploaded from my PC. They tend to be on that side. Also, my problems with the browser product itself are simple: the UI is awful and cannot be meaningfully fixed, and multi-process programs cause my computer to hang (…

Each to their own. I would never trust the judgement of the most important piece of software on my computer to a small group of tinkerers maintaining a fork of someone else's massively complicated and deeply outdated source code. I don't care who they are—if they don't have a big enough reputation on the line, there's no reason to trust them. I'm sure your cousin is super trustworthy, but that doesn't mean anyone sho…

The day I consider my WWW browser the most important software on my PC is the day I go back to dialup. Frankly, I agree with your base theory - that's why the important software on my PC is Windows and MSOffice, rather than *nix and Open or Libre Office. I moved off the OO/LO platform a little after the split, because compatibility was an issue.

But for a limited use program like a browser, yeah, I want the people who won't disappoint me.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by xvector »

driverdan wrote: post #259
CraftThatBlock wrote: post #217

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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.

This stuff adds up fast. $10/mo for YT Premium, $15/mo for Spotify, $15+/mo for Netflix. You are looking at almost $500 per year in subscription services alone, not even counting your phone bill.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by c0vfefe »

tracker1 wrote: post #284
pitaj wrote: post #282

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What kind of issues did you run into? And how long ago was this? I use FF Nightly with uBlock Origin on my Pixel 2 XL in addition to Blokada, and it works just fine.

Was probably close to launch, almost 2 years ago now... I've been pretty happy with Brave overall, and also found Firefox UI a little frustrating by comparison so didn't worry too much to retry since. Could very well be better now... I've tended to try FF on most platforms about once a year as my main browser. I do tend to test in it for dev though. My current app doesn't really have a mobile target (mainly deals wit…

FWIW, coming from Chrome, the Firefox mobile UI was very frustrating to me also for about two weeks 'til I got used to it. Now it feels familiar and seamless.

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Post by mackrevinack »

PeanutNore wrote: post #226
gbrown wrote: post #186

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

I really want to switch for this reason, but I've naively come to rely on Chrome's saved passwords feature. What I really need is a tool to migrate my saved passwords from Google to Firefox or some other service.

lastpass has a lot of import / export options as far as I remember, so that might be a good place to start... but once you get them imported you should be able to export them to another service easily enough.

ive moved to bitwarden a few months ago and it is far superior and a lot less bloated than lastpass.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by mackrevinack »

_mghw wrote: post #122
victor9000 wrote: post #24

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It's become a pattern across many Google assets. The massive price increase of the Maps API, the order of magnitude limitations placed on the YouTube API, and now the neutering of ad blocking on Chromium. Google built an empire, and now they're cashing in their chips. I can't say I blame them, but they are no longer a platform that enables innovation. So now my only question is what's next? Which Google product will…

The funniest thing is, I would happily pay Google a reasonable amount each month to have access to their service! Caveat being that they agreed to drop all tracking and adverts, of course. But I love Gmail, Drive, Youtube and, most of all, Maps and Earth! As things stand, though, if I gave Google any money, I'd be essentially wasting my time, because all I'd get in return would be dubious 'premium' features.

I switched to openStreetMap over two years ago now and I havnt looked back. it could be hit and miss depending on where you live though. it really depends on how much contributors are (or were) in your area.

there doesn't seem to be any google earth replacement around but then again its not really that important to have one, not for me anyway as its mostly something i just browse for entertainment every now and again

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Post by slumberlust »

xvector wrote: post #324
driverdan wrote: post #259

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

This stuff adds up fast. $10/mo for YT Premium, $15/mo for Spotify, $15+/mo for Netflix. You are looking at almost $500 per year in subscription services alone, not even counting your phone bill.

That's why I use YouTube Music for $15/mo which includes Ad free Youtube + Music streaming for 5 family members.

I fully expect google to decouple the YT ad free portion (they already decoupled YT Red), but until then it's a reasonable value prop.

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Post by woldemariam »

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.

Is there a way to increase the font in firefox? Maybe an addon? That is my only gripe with it. I know I can use Reader mode and even increase the font at the OS level but I would rather not do that.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by jraph »

ducttape12 wrote: post #162
agumonkey wrote: post #100

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yeah, because of him, everytime I use ublock-less chrome on android I get angry, thanks a lot gorhill ! ;)

Give Brave a shot. It's Chromium with an ad blocker, privacy blocker, and HTTPS Everywhere built in!

Don't, especially because it's Chromium and because it's from an ad company.
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