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Firefox with uBlock Origin add-on will sort many chrome issues.
Time to switch to ~~uBlock Lite or~~ another ~~ad blocker~~ browser. Firefox fully supports ad blockers like uBlock Origin. LibreWolf removes all the Mozilla nonsense like Pocket, their new advertising crap, sponsored sites, etc. and comes with uBO preinstalled. There's also an official Lemmy community for it: !librewolf@lemmy.ml
I switched two years ago.
I really wish I could stop using shit google stuff for work...
Between Manifest V3 and the Play Integrity API, Google is really trying hard to kill the open internet and android.
But thankfully Manifest V3 is only relevant to Chromium browsers, and there are other options. The proposed web environment integrity API would be much worse, as they could simply blacklist any browsers they don't like, and deny them access to the most popular websites.
"Time to switch to uBlock Lite or another ad blocker"
No. Time to switch to Firefox or derivative such as Librewolf.
Is it just me, or have I seen like 6-7 of these posts at this point?
And my phaseout of Chrome is complete. My two browsers are now Firefox and Edge. Bit surprised at the latter tbh but it seems reasonably adequate as a secondary browser.
Edge isn't really better in any way. It's both Google and Microsoft, like the marriage of awful
My understanding is that Edge is Chromium and will also eventually be impacted by this.
Chrome only exists to download Firefox.
Just like how Micro$oft Windows is advertsiting Linux, Google Chrome advertsites Firefox!
I feel like I have seen this news since forever, I am happily living my life with Firefox... Although the android mobile really needs some love.
Oh man. Once Firefox on Android got extension support, I hopped on that train so hard. No ads on mobile browser? Heck yeah.
I'm glad I don't use that piece of shit.
Firefox or nothing.
Been using Firefox for as long as I can remember now. Never had a reason to switch away, and I'm feeling rather vindicated.
Stopped using that garbage browser a couple of weeks ago. Hardened Firefox ftw. Just using stock Firefox isn't enough if you're concerned about your privacy on the internet btw. If all you're looking for is an ad free experience tho, then stock Firefox should be enough.
LibreWolf is great btw, if you're to lazy to manually harden Firefox. It also comes with uBlock Origin pre-installed. Also check out their community: !librewolf@lemmy.ml
Yeah, I know.
Firefox's future isn't looking good with all that layoffs and lost money. I am very scared that it might go the way of Opera, and then we will trully have nothing left.
There's a crucial difference:
Firefox is open source, Opera isn't.
Is duck duck go browser safe?
I bet it is chromium too.
Google Chrome's ~~uBlock Origin~~ phaseout has begun
This was published last month btw (Oct 15, 2024)