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So my parents use chrome even though I constantly install Firefox and hide chrome. Problem there is they end up with Edge so I stopped doing that. (Didn’t windows get in trouble for this kind of market control in the 90’s?)

So I had Ublock origin on chrome for them but it’s “not supported” anymore and my usual method of ignoring what it says and turning it back on are now failing.

Any help?

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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If they are technically inept, reduce their accounts to limited and lock down the admin account. That will prevent them from installing Chrome, and if the admin sets a shortcut on their desktop/s, they won’t be able to remove it. Install the necessary extensions, then change the desktop icon and text to “Chrome”.

Problem solved.

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- runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  change FF desktop icon and text to “Chrome”
  
  The new incognito mode?
  
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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You can disable Edge if you don’t want people launching it… “accidentally.” There are a myriad of ways. Most recently I’ve used Edge Blocker, which does what it says on the label. Note that this will cause the opening of any file types associated with Edge by default to silently fail if you don’t reassign them to some other program.

The install Firefox and uBlock origin. Unless your parents deliberately go out of their way to download and install Chrome (and depending how heavy-handed you want to get you could even prevent this by busting them down to a limited user account) they won’t have any choice but to use the correct browser installed on their system. That is to say, the only one.

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- Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Oh my. THANK YOU for that edgeblocker! Going to get that on every computer in my home.
  
  Yeah I’m not “the boss” of my parents. My dad was very tech savvy, but he doesn’t have the same memory and cognition as he used to so when I set it up nice he likes it, but any friction sets him off to “solve” the problem… By doing some random totally different thing that doesn’t so much solve the problem as “gets it working, sort of” with a browser he recognizes. Then because there are ads he loses interest and just puts on the 24/7 news cycle. :(
  
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  - ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    On the off chance that you have not heard that Linux is way more user friendly now, I recommend switching over. Especially if you are able to update the computer frequently.
    
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    Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Thank you. I have heard that, and I’m interested in switch my home computer and “Netflix and YouTube on the tv” computer over.
    
    Any recommendations on where to start with that?
    
    I used Linux as a 11 year old back in… Late 90’s? And it was not user friendly but I was so cool it didn’t matter…
    
    Until I couldn’t get a game other than Quake 2 running on my lan network.
    
    Haven’t checked on it since but I’m overdue and ready.
    
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cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Beside a big whack behind the head, Ublock Origin Lite is supported on chrome. You lose some features, and it is slower to update, but should still mostly work. Unfortunately, the youtube/ublock fight move quite fast, so results won’t be as good on that front.

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Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Change default browser to Firefox

Change file type associations

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y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Setup a firewall and black access to websites where they’re able to download other browsers. Then change the icon for Firefox to Chrome’s icon. For bonus points, you can probably find a firefox theme to make it look more like chrome.

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- LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Or if they just really don’t like Firefox for some reason they could look into trying Cromite. It has worked pretty well for me and actually does better at blocked ads on sites like adblock-test.pages.dev Than Firefox with uBlock origin does.
  
  I added a user script to clear some of the URL trackers just in case I copy links anywhere as it like opera doesn’t use extensions up front.
  
  But on sites like that Firefox w/uBlock with score a 90 for me unless my Pihole is running, and Cromite will score 100 without it. Opera a 75, but I do like Operas interface on Android a lot.
  
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