Or even better, Librewolf.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Honest question, but what makes librewolf BETTER? In firefox you can easily toggle off the studies telemetry bullshit in the settings. Librewolf is just firefox with those things ripped out right?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In firefox you can easily toggle off the studies telemetry bullshit in the settings.
They’re abusing the default and making privacy settings require user intervention rather than defaulting to the most private settings and allowing the option of opting in.
It’s abusing consent, so people move to browsers where privacy is the default option.
FalseTautology@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Blocking abp was the last straw for me, thank you for suggesting librewolf
chunes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes. I consider it better because it’s preconfigured for privacy, includes UBlock Origin by default, and rips Mozilla’s telemetry out. So you never have to worry about them sneaking something new in a later update.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m more worried about the updates not happening in a timely fashion. Is it just a passion project by a handful of devs, or is there some kind of funding?
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Librewolf doesn’t just block Mozilla telemetry, it also has an easy to understand default for cookies and privacy settings so someone who isn’t a computer expert can rely on the librewolf’s defaults to keep trackers from being able to build a profile on you.
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
There’s benefits to us not tweaking privacy settings. TOR explicitly discourages it. You don’t (always) get fingerprinted by a single unique item, it’s through an ensemble of data points that companies can identify who you are. There may be 10% of users with your same font library, and 1% who has the same monitor width, and 5% with the same time zone, and voila, when you multiply those percentages, you get close to one in a couple billion, and they’ve successfully fingerprinted you.
If everyone tweaks their settings from default Firefox, you reveal more information about yourself each time. You may think you’re protecting yourself, but the reality is the opposite, you’re creating a one of a kind browser config. This is where Librewolf can really reign supreme, if we all just use stock Librewolf, no one will be unique, and everyone will be anonymous.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I feel like I’m constantly getting new devices or reinstalling my OSes. I restart from scratch a lot. Going through the steps to harden Firefox becomes tedious. Librewolf starts from where I want to be.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sadly i have to stop using it. Librewolf has start getting some graphic bug, i also can’t upload pictures to some website (it show just lines). Now i’m trying Floorp.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is caused by not allowing the website to access your html canvas data. You can fix this in the address bar by clicking the icon on the left of the URL to grant permissions.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To add to this.
This isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.
Canvas data gives a lot of datapoints that websites can use to fingerprint your browser. This allows them to track you across multiple sites even if you’re blocking ads and pi-holing tracking services.
There is an unavoidable tradeoff between convenience and security/privacy. Privacy features are inherently less convenient than allowing everyone access to everything.
You could disable canvas blocking globally (I’m assuming, I haven’t looked) and the problem would go away, but you’ve then weakened the privacy protections that were built in to the browser.
sefra1@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
As much as I like Librewolf as concept and ideology, I can’t keep thinking that if there’s a Firefox 0day, Firefox gets patched first, Librewolf later, and I’m potentially exposed for longer. That’s why I prefer to stick with upstream.
tarknassus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Have you noticed uBlock Origin being a bit hit and miss on YouTube lately? I’ve had it happen a few times lately where the video won’t play, or an ad comes up but doesn’t play. I’ve had to keep refreshing until it gets to normal where it just plays the damn video.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No. It works across all my systems. I never see ads on YT. However…
Videos not loading or playing delayed: That’s a YT feature which they implemented for Firefox users, to annoy them. And to promote Chrome as “the fastest” webbrowser.
I also have dns issues at home… I should fix them already. Sometimes, a page doesn’t load on the first try.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
You can try user agent switcher. Sometimes it is detected or causes issues, but if YouTube thinks you are running Chrome then you may get better service.
zewm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I experience the same issue. All the elements on the page load extremely slow or sometimes not at all.
CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I noted an experimental rule in uBO to address delays, but have not tried it yet myself.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I think youtube might have implemented something that prevents the server from delivering the video files until the expected duration of the ad has passed. This idea is completely unfounded, but this is what it feels like to me.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe it is a regional thing? I was watching YouTube 30 mins ago with no issues and haven’t ever had any unless I open a new tab but don’t try to watch u til the next day. Then I just need to refresh and it is off to the races.
elvith@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Work PC and I have to use edge there with Ghostery (ugh). Was trying to find a decent coding tutorial. Every page load of a video was a playback error that instantly vanished when I hit reload. No problems on FF with uBO today, though.
baines@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
a b testing
or he needs to update his unlock
july@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
What about the UI elements? Because they take a long time to load too
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Thats fine for me. Just make sure to always “Reject all” on the cookies. If you accept then the whole site sometimes breaks for me.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I sometimes get a popup warning from YouTube that my account will be blocked from viewing videos if I keep running an ad blocker. But the warning goes away after a while and YouTube still works. I don’t see ads except on mobile.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oddly, they also keep begging me to “return” to YouTube Premium, though I have never paid for YouTube Premium.
This is just ‘normal’ commercial psychological manipulation.
Returning sounds better than starting, so a small percentage of people would sign up that wouldn’t have otherwise if it was worded accurately.
Grimy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If on mobile, try setting it to desktop mode. Also, getting the chameleon extension and pretending you are using chrome can also help.
kwarg@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I am not an expert so don’t quote me here, but I think there are ways of bypassing the agent switcher/spoofer (like chameleon) revealing the true browser you are using… that would actually make you MORE fingerprintable.
protist@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I haven’t had any issues like that, it’s been working fine for me
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I use different shared PCs at work and this happens every time on the Windows 11 machines. Some ad plays before the video, but disappears when I refresh the page. This doesn’t happen on the Win 10 machines we still have left. In forced to use Chrome there but everything has UBlock Lite enabled.
Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes
kepix@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
dont give them solutions, they want to be angry
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The article even links to a guide to get it on chrome
That said though, there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome that our how-to extraordinaire Kaycee has detailed.
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially since Adblock Plus take payment to whitelist adverts.