Comment on Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

7u5k3n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Make sure to use uBlock origin once you switch.

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  • 7u5k3n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks using it now.for chrome. I’ll be sure to add it in. Between it and the pihole I should be good.

    Thanks for the heads-up

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  • Steak@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yup. Gang gang

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• RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I switched a while back for the same reason, in a completely different scenario. Google is playing themselves.

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  • antizero99@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I only use chrome for a couple of extensions that aren’t available for firefox. I should probably reach out to those companies and request that they get a firefox extension working.

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    • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Firefox is working to bring chrome extensions to FF.

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      • antizero99@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s good to know. I’m surprised that the 2 I currently have to use chrome for aren’t already on FF. As I said, I should probably send them an email and ask them to launch one for FF.

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    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Out of curiosity, what kind of addon would just work in Chrome (not have an alternative in Firefox)?

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      • antizero99@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s not an addon, it’s extensions for services like klarna and zip that let you pay for things over time. Those 2 for example have apps that I can and do use but if I want to use them to pay for say concert tickets it’s easier to have it all on my my big screen so I can look at whats available and then copy and paste the number into the checkout.

        It’s not life or death and I can live without it. It is however the only reason I use chrome on my desktop these days.

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• lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger should be the first addons you install.

  Also consider the Multi-Account Containers addon. It loads certain domains in their own tabs and isolates them from others.

  This is just the basics, there’s a deep rabbit hole for privacy of you’re interested and lots of interesting extensions for maximum control (cookie auto-deleters, Matrix, JavaScript disablers, anti-fingerprinting, scrubbers etc.) Firefox itself comes with a lot of privacy-related stuff built-in nowadays.

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jumped a month ago or so after reading about their “product enhancements” and not being able to install an extension to download a YouTube clip I needed for a work project. Water is excellent, also removing them out of my search as much as possible.

    Recommend this community for weeding them out wherever you’re comfortable. I still have them for photos and maps is better than anything comparable but have given them that much less data to sell. !degoogle@lemmy.ml

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