Got a pi hole, what are ads in general?
I know that I’m at fault here for using such services, but Pihole can’t block the ads that are hosted on the same server as the service, eg. Half the ads on Youtube.
It’s still really good for privacy though, blocking mIcRoSoFt spyware and all kinds of other stuft. And you can create your own blocklists.
I just got a pihole setup and im curious how youd block Microsoft stuff using it. Is it part of a blocklist or is it something you manually filtered?
one of Dan’s list blocks a bunch of them, has something like 500k item on it.
Gotcha, thanks for sharing :)
Just know that DoH is probably going to ruin the fun for you. Unless your blocking all DoH hosts.
In my Opnsense setup I have some lists added to block all traffic to known DoH servers…
Oh, definitely!
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I don’t get YouTube ads
I don’t get YouTube in my country
Therefore no ads.
Great success
Lucky you, in my country the only ads that YouTube plays are Authoritarian Government propaganda pieces.
nextdns is also pretty good.
This is what I use, made it hard for me to move to Firefox because I already don’t get ads in chrome and it is better supported, which is honestly a personal failing on my end
dns blockers are not a suitable replacement for Dom/css based blockers
Fair, but it’s good enough
I’m not loyal to a browser, I’m loyal to features. If Chrome supported ad block on mobile and FF stopped, I’d switch overnight
Which is exactly the way it should be. And it’s a godsend that firefox supports uBlock in mobile.
Definitely, YT background play and ad block have been a lifesaver on car rides
Have you heard about our god and savior newpipe ?
Libretube is also a fine option. Available on F-droid
Libretube is definitely the better option if you don’t use a VPN but still want to hide your IP from Google, since it uses Piped to proxy everything
Newpipe Sponsorblock is a think.
From me it would need more. Chrome has more (mostly privacy related) disadvantages compared to Firefox than that
You don’t care about the many other ways that not using and supporting Chromium is better, ie. not having Google’s new invasive advertising system?
I’m currently using Samsung Internet with content blockers. Firefox on my Android phone has micro stutters that are driving me crazy. The only browser that doesn’t have that weird Android scrolling micro stutters are Samsung Internet, weirdly. So I’ve been using it for years even on non Samsung phones.
Fuck Chrome
I still prefer firefox for other reasons
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Then their pages are not worth viewing.
That does not always work like that. Sometimes you are obliged to use a website that is resistant to user privacy
You always have a choice.
And even if the choice is worse, you can still spoof your user agent.
whaaaaat
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I’ve never seen that with the Apple website and I use Firefox as my main browser. Was there a specific page that was blocked or something?
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I just set up a pi hole, I was late to the party.
So much shit is pushed from our PCs, and phones. 49.85% of requests are blocked by it.
It’s even more horrifying when you realize that’s a lower bound. It doesn’t even include dynamically loaded ads from the same domains, and it doesn’t include ads that can’t be blocked because it would stop services from working.
Infuriating, isn’t it? Half of all requests are completely unnecessary and serve you no purpose
Was using Chrome as my main browser and FF as my second browser last week. Uninstalled Chrome, made Firefox my main browser and Waterfox as my second browser. Forget Chrome and forget Edge!
Why would you need a second browser?
It’s helpful when something doesn’t work in your browser and want to test in a different one. I use FF as my main browser and Chromium as my backup.
Yeah that’s what I would’ve assumed too, if they didn’t say they use Firefox as main and waterfox as secondary,since they’re essentially the same browser
Because I’m an admin of multiple Azure tenants so I have the main one logged in on Firefox and the other one on Waterfox.
You can do that all in Firefox with account containers
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
if only ublock could stop these Firefox ads
Meanwhile Mozilla: fires 200 workers to pay the CEO 2M :)
Ah well then I guess Google actually isn’t destroying privacy after all
Exactly the point I was making.
There’s LibreWolf, Waterfox, Basilisk, Pale Moon and Pulse. You don’t have to support Mozilla if you don’t want to and at the same you don’t have to submit to Chrome’s supremacy.
I love librewolf
Do you have source?
Happened during COVID haven’t kept up with Mozilla news since.
?? (translate pls)
First slide says something along the lines of “boo, i just use adblock” and the second one should make sense
WEI has a lot of issues and should not ever be implemented, but it’s not going to stop you from using ad blockers, nor could it be made to do so.
The issues with it are that it makes it much easier to individually track users and it will make it nearly impossible for new browsers to gain traction.
Not directly, but indirectly it can. By simply just blocking browsers that allow meaningful ad blocking. And not just ad blocking, but it can be applied to any kinds of user-side modifications.
why am i edge user now i used both of those before
I was on the edge too, but decided to go with brave
firefox for linux machine edge for windows & custom browser for android phone. brave idk
Set up adguard home as your DNS server, no client side adblock needed anymore
uBlock Origin can do more than that though, it’s definitely nice to have depending on your wants and needs.
You do realise ublock origin exists for Chrome as well right?
Yeah but google chrome nerfs it severely.
Not to mention the fact that FF is the only mobile browser to support add-ons
In what way?
Zero mentions of Chrome in that article
You’re right. Well I’m using firefox and haven’t received these warnings so I assumed it was a chrome thing. I could be wrong though.
not for long, and expect even more restrictions to its use after Web Environment Integrity.
People have been saying that about Chrome for at least a decade and it’s never happened. If it does actually happen (it won’t) then I’ll switch but no reason to switch before then.
understandabe
Does it load google websites (youtube, gmail, drive, etc.) unnoticeably slower than brave? (More than 1s is noticeable for me) That’s the only thing keeping me to switch from brave to firefox
*Edit: Why am I getting downvoted? It’s just a question. Realistically, many depend on google services but still want privacy. Can’t we ask for it??
Hi, for a long time Firefox was seen as slow by windows users when it was in fact Windows Defender slowing it down artificially to “check its activity” - while at the same time on other OSes it was actually faster and more lightweight than Chrome. I think that’s also the reason people downvote you - Firefox isn’t perceived as slow by the wider privacy focused user base (or they don’t care) - even though at some point it might have been on Windows or webpages are still better optimized for Chrome.
I was asking if it would be fast enough to surpass the speed of chromium optimized websites. But looks like there would be some sacrifices. Thank you anyway! Idk why people assume everyone would know about all the things you told
the eternal cycle:
- see “firefox good, chrome bad” posts
- start using firefox
- firefox: crashes randomly when opening some video in fullscreen
- sigh and go back to chrome again
Sounds like a graphic driver problem.
The firefox process on my machine has been running since 07.23, that is, for almost 2 months now. I just asked it and it feels ok
firefox: crashes randomly when opening some video in fullscreen
If a “random” crash is enough to convince you to abandon Firefox and go back to Chrome that’s just on you.
Maybe file a bug?
You have to make some concessions in order to keep your privacy as a human right.
