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Maybe your comment isn't fact based after all
- Firefox iOS has no real adblocking
- Mozilla has an issue for this open on both their Github and Bugzilla for years
- Firefox Focus does have real adblocking built in
Maybe trolls like you should leave HN :)
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I've actually recently switched from using uBlock in Brave (desktop Brave) to the built-in blocker. They both use the same selectable filter lists, so I notice barely if any difference. I'll also scuttle Cookiebro once Brave's cookie auto-delete moves out of beta. Less extensions means less attack surface.
Selectable filter lists isn't close to uBlock equivalency, that's just table stakes for any adblocker. As far as I've been able to determine, in Brave there is no way to view a list/grid/matrix of which domains are being blocked and which sort of content is being blocked; this is a feature I use in ublock origin / umatrix a lot and don't wish to go without. (For this matter, ublock origin in advanced mode is claimed…
I have literally never seen this box. Something might be wrong with your config, either manually or due to Brave. Could be worth it to hit up Brave on their Github.
For what its worth, I was an uMatrix user in the past, but I got tired of the churn of constant tiny breakage (even if my regular set of sites was beautifully set up after a while). I know very well the ins and outs of blocking.
I did a trial run for a few weeks, alternating between uBlock and Brave blocking, and the difference was so unnoticeable that I just went cold turkey.
Brave has honestly been on a roll with their built-in security features:
- HTTPS upgrading
- configurable adblock
- fingerprinting protection
- WebRTC protection
- (soon) port-scanning protection, the first browser to do so
- (soon) cookie auto-deleting
> Anyway, I didn't downvote your above comment, which is now flagged as well. Near as I can figure the "modern godwin" accusation leveled against you is either because you mentioned brave (is Eich claimed to be a nazi now?) or because you said Mozilla is being woke. Either way, a very stupid reaction to your inoffensive comment. This place is becoming orange reddit.
Thanks for saying so! And yep. The funny thing is, all these dogmatic people do is strengthen the opinion of regular tech users like me. The more vindictive they get, the harder I try to steer away more and more people from Firefox.
Funnily enough its the opposite with Thunderbird. Since they had their split, their management is a lot more neutral and tech-focused and thus I try to get as many people back on that train as possible. I've even donated to Thunderbird, as those donations are specifically earmarked for Thunderbird only.
This is a big surprise and a welcome one. I honestly had given up hope of this happening. It's disappointing that it took this long, but it is a big deal to have full extension support on Android again. I'm very happy to see this news.
In case you didn't know, you can have full extension support on Android with Kiwi Browser, which is based on Chromium.
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Firefox on Android has no tabs.
Umm, what? No, this is absolutely not accurate. They're laid out differently than desktop, but at least on android Firefox does have tabs. Not sure on iOS, but that's basically reskinned safari anyway.
There's a lot of hate any Firefox and the "blessed apps." But come on, chrome and Safari don't sorry add-ons at all! I know there are other apps that support add-ons but the fact is that Firefox is __the only__ "mainstream" browser that does this (quotes because it's 0.25% in the US, as the 4th most popular, behind Samsung fucking Internet). It's popular to hate on Firefox, but this is the nerdiest of nerd issues and…
I see people hating on Mozilla, not Firefox. They absolutely deserve it too. They got one billion dollars and they're reducing software development spending to focus on agenda pushing instead. One would think they'd try to fix the web by making Firefox the dominant browser.
What else do you do with a billon dollars? Even a browser on FF's scale doesn't need a billion to operate properly. Most of that would go towards advertising and lobbying for stuff to secure their place.
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Can someone elaborate why Mozilla gets hate? I don't pay much attention to that and just use Firefox.
Well... there are a few reasons but i believe the biggest ones are that - they fired lots of good devs to cut on expenses but then keep paying more and more to top execs (and we're not getting any anomalous good results that justify it iyam)... - from what i understood, they also "kind of" kicked Brendan Eich (yeah, Brave's CEO, the guy that invented JS, etc...) out over some "personal" things that had nothing to do…
I think tab containers are way better after getting used to them. But they are much jankier and feel they needs a UX pass to really make it shine. There were a half dozen instances where I wanted to do something, thought it wasn't a feature, and then found it in a weird context menu. Which includes the fact that the feature itself is behind an add-on! A add-on with native level support, but an add-on nonetheless.
All the ideas of tab groups and much more is there but scattered all over the place.
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Only 11 years after the competition! Courage
This comment makes no sense. The competition is mobile Chrome, which has no extensions, and mobile Firefox, which has only a limited number of chosen extensions. Literally from the linked article: > For the past few years Firefox for Android officially supported a small subset of extensions If you're referring to desktop , on the other hand, Safari has had extensions since 2010.
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This comment makes no sense. The competition is mobile Chrome, which has no extensions, and mobile Firefox, which has only a limited number of chosen extensions. Literally from the linked article: > For the past few years Firefox for Android officially supported a small subset of extensions If you're referring to desktop , on the other hand, Safari has had extensions since 2010.
Firefox Android had broader extension support before it was temporarily restricted, in response to an architecture shift. Still, there has been an addon capability for many years before Safari mobile saw any.
And again, mobile Chrome, a much bigger competitor than Firefox, has no extensions.
This is a big surprise and a welcome one. I honestly had given up hope of this happening. It's disappointing that it took this long, but it is a big deal to have full extension support on Android again. I'm very happy to see this news.
In case you didn't know, you can have full extension support on Android with Kiwi Browser, which is based on Chromium.