I fear that more and more sites increasingly serve different experiences based on things such as the presence of Adblock etc.
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
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Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#482Firefox is also the only browser that vets uBlock's code on every update to make sure the developer hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension. They don't do it for every extension, but they do so for a wide selection of popular options. > Recommended extensions differ from other extensions that are regularly reviewed by Firefox staff in that they are curated extensions that meet the highest standards of s…
> Firefox is also the only browser that vets uBlock's code on every update to make sure the developer hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension. They could save themselves the trouble if Firefox simply baked in its own ad-blocking, but since Google basically owns them, we all know that will never happen. Ladybird browser is going to be awesome.
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> What flaws exactly? For starters, they notoriously make configuration a difficult and shifting game of whac-o-mole to do simple things such as disabling the AI that nobody asked for: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926779 It's also become more unstable in recent years, and I'm not even talking about 1000 tab sessions. It will crash with only a handful of tabs fairly regularly on linux. For more flaws, look a…
I don't think the AI is part of the core. You know you get to change all that stuff when you make a fork, right?
But you would still be left with all of the other issues pointed out by me and others. Plus, the parent seemed to be referring to FF, not just its core, so I replied accordingly.
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#484I feel that the web via browser is in danger. Vast majority of people can be convinced to switch to walled garden apps just like vast majority are fine with tablets, phones aka non open locked down computers. I am a Firefox/ublock user, and prefer browser to mobile apps, however I see the writing on the wall
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
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Brave has native ad-block and anti finger-printing, enabled by default, and the web works excellently as in I don't know of a single site that doesn't work with it.
Brave's ad block is pretty ineffectual by itself. For example it doesn't block youtube adverts. Recently switched to Firefox with Ublock origin, and loving it. So much more efficient and quick than it was back in the day when we all switched to Chrome.
I never see YouTube ads since switching to Brave.
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#486Brave has the same style of engine built into the browser.
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#487There's a mystery here. People hate ads. Firefox is the only major browser (save Brave?) that properly blocks ads. Yet people don't use Firefox (indeed its popularity is in free-fall). Why? Is it because they don't know about it? Or they won't go to the trouble of using any browser that isn't the one provided by default by the OS? I'm not sure. I just don't get it.
"That's the way she goes"
> Or they won't go to the trouble
Some people don't even ask why the thing on the ceiling is beeping.
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
#488also Firefox is the last with widevine support which many video sites demand
all those chromium clones will not have widevine
(if youtube ever gets widevine, yt-dlp etc will never work anymore)
Firefox for the win, it needs guaranteed survival somehow
Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
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>> Regardless, I don't want baked-in Firefox adblocking in part because I don't trust Mozilla with that task either. > This is in a thread about how we should be happy that FF is vetting code for us. Do we trust them or don't we? Are you joking? You brought the claim to the table, and now that people see the flaws in it you deny them talking about it? You're some mental gymnast..
Looks like you took a rhetorical question literally. See my other comments if you're confused.
I saw your other comments, and you might be the one who is confused.
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I currently don’t use ad blockers. The only time I used ad blockers was when a previous employer specifically asked me to, when using a company machine. > Can't understand why they put up with it To see which (rare) sites don’t put up a million ads and actually care about the reading experience. A lot of the top-listed sites on HN are small blogs without ads (or in the case of danluu.com or lwn.net - without almost a…
Most of those sites that would shut down without ads are providing negative value and would make the world better if they shut down. Sometimes I make an exception. Sometimes.
Then don't visit? Or realize how bad they are with ads and bounce? They probably track bounce rate as ads load.