Why the recommendation for Firefox in this matter since ublock is promising support for multiple browsers?
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Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Uninstall Chrome (includes Edge, Brave, Vivaldi & many more) and replace with Firefox plus uBlock Origin
Problem solved
Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because Google broke how websites load in Chrome specifically to destroy adblock. They can punch holes in any adblocker that uses the Chromium web rendering engine. However Firefox does not use any Chromium code and still works the way it always has. uBlock (use uBlock Origin instead) will likely still work somewhat on Chorme, but would be helpless to block some ads.
jmp242@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
This may be true for chrome, but as far as I can tell anyone building chromium can also change that open source code to not break ad blockers?
subtext@lemmy.world 10 months ago
While in theory that is true, Chromium is still mostly controlled by Google. Some people may decide that they are going to maintain forks of Chromium that strip out certain features of Chromium, but the pace of development is relentless, releasing new builds several times per day. It would take some seriously deep pockets to be able to staff developers who can keep up with the contributions from Google and Microsoft and others and ensure their fork remains up to date and not broken.
So yes, someone could change that open source code, but it’s really not feasible in the long run, and so Google (and to a lesser extent Microsoft), can control the browser experience for the majority of desktop users, including things like Manifest V3 or that “Digital DRM” that we were hearing about a while back.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Installing adblocker on Chrome is kind of like putting on a rain jacket once you’re already wet.
Forester@yiffit.net 10 months ago
It doesn’t solve the problem they still throw a warning every three videos. Brand new Firefox install with only u block. Both at latest version you block updated daily
Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Purge cache and update, it’s that simple.
Forester@yiffit.net 10 months ago
What part of I update daily did you miss? You think I’m here updating daily and not clearing my cache?
Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Dude, I’ve been using Ublock for years and this last month I had to update 4 times tops, it works just fine.
On my tv I just downloaded smart tube and I’m also ad-free.
On my phone ublock didn’t even need updating.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I personally prefer LibreWolf (Firefox based)
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I think we should stop sending people to alternative “Firefox based” browser that will likely break compatibility even more than it is broken on Firefox. It will only frustrate the user and send him back to random chromium based alternative like brave. Firefox default privacy settings are more than enough for the regular user.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I didn’t say it’s good for most people, I just prefer it and think other privacy oriented people should as well
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I am sure that most, if not all people who care about privacy already use Firefox. We need to help regular users to hope into Firefox. These people tend to know almost nothing about computers and a site that doesn’t work is Firefox not working.
SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I’ve seen LibreWolf mentioned a few times. What’s the difference between the two?
AlphaAutist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
LibreWolf is just hardened Firefox
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My rule: if it’s not in my distro’s
aptrepository, it’s too niche to use. If you want folks to use Librewolf, package it.kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s a Flatpak
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ಠ_ಠ
It’s not about whether it’s possible to install via a single command; it’s about signaling whether its popular enough for the distro to justify maintaining a proper first-party package for it.
clearleaf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s also Palemoon (Firefox cringe)
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah but LibreWolf is hardened and far more private and secure