Chrome on mobile is practically unusable for me. Without ad block the experience is horrible on mobile.
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merthyr1831@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Their small selection is already insanely helpful for me. I’ve been using firefox mobile for a year now and it’s just as fast as chrome with the additional benefits of:
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darkmode
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adblocking (including youtube!)
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shorter, more sharable links without tracking
and thats all thanks to the extensions that arent available in other mobile browsers unless devs directly integrate them into your app.
wesley@yall.theatl.social 10 months ago
techgearwhips@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Don’t forget the “Video Background Play Fix” add on. That paired with the adblocking makes it where you can watch ad free YouTube while in another app or even with the screen off.
schulzi@feddit.de 10 months ago
Geeeez, I didn’t know about that one - Thank you very much sir!
techgearwhips@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Here’s another trick. Go to youtube and then go to your Firefox menu and check “desktop site”. And then you can install it as a PWA on your Homescreen. Don’t worry, when you open it up for the first time from your Homescreen, it will be back in Mobile web format.
burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
TIL, that’s a great tip! cheers
burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I replaced the YouTube app on my SO’s phone with a Brave Browser YouTube link (Brave includes both features out of the box) because having to sit through ads when they wanted to show me a video was driving me nuts…
I use Firefox because of tamper monkey, buy Brave is my go to easy solution for friends so I don’t have to explain about installing extras.
techgearwhips@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You dont need tampermonkey for Ublock Origin and Video Background Play Fix. It’s under add-ons when you go to settings.