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Imactuallyanandroid ,

I’ve started making the switch. The only thing that’s holding me back fully is the google search function. I just don’t get as accurate results on Firefox as I do on Chrome

devilish666 ,

I like Firefox as default browser, but if i need something more secure i choose FireDragon

Mandy ,

thank you comment section, lemmy is so obnoxious when it comes to firefox ill be going with something chromium based soon now out of spite

Sheeple ,
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Enjoy your ads because adblock on chromium fails

Mandy ,

my man, not only have several forks got inbuild adblockers that wont be affected by manifestv3, ublock origin already got a working version for a long time

Sheeple ,
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Say that to YouTube when they tell you “UwU please turn off your Adblocker”

That’s the problem with Chromium based browsers.

Mandy ,

your own fault for watching youtube directly and i never had that on a chromium browser, only ever on firefox

therealjcdenton ,

You’re telling me people actually still use chrome?

Zeroxxx ,
@Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id avatar

They are. In fact, they make up 60 plus percent of world-wide browser users.

Don’t forget that Chrome is Android’s default browser.

therealjcdenton ,

And that’s a problem

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I like Librewolf better

Sanyanov ,

I.e. Firefox

Whatever forks you choose, they’d better be based off Gecko-based browsers, and the only one now is Firefox (and all that forked from it)

EmperorHenry ,
@EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Librewolf is firefox without the bloat.

Sanyanov , (edited )

Yes, essentially. But that’s still Firefox, and it makes sense to refer to it as such when talking about global things like Manifest V2 support, adblocking, and other basic functional blocks from eagle view.

And then we can go into details and talk about differences between Firefox forks, Librewolf being just one of the most popular. This is important to talk about, just not in this particular context.

It’s like uniting and arguing in favor of Linux regardless of the distros - distro wars are still valid, but not something we should immediately load onto a Windows user. Heck, even if person goes for a goddamn Ubuntu, it will be an improvement. Same logic.

Danakin ,

Firefox is my daily driver, but oooh how I miss native tab groups like they have on most chromium browsers right in the tab bar. Extensions like simple tab groups just hit differently and are inferior…

uranibaba ,

I feel you. STG is the best addon I could find, I tried Floorp but it just was not the same thing.

Thetimefarm ,

Are there any settings you can tweak in the about:config page? That’s how you have to enable the compact tab size, which is annoying.

UnfairUtan ,

I totally agree. Especially now that you can save the tab groups like bookmarks (experimental flag in chromium)

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

I switched from Chrome and it was seamless. After a few weeks I didn’t notice any negative difference.

Engywuck ,

Nope. Brave with its builtin adblocker is more than enough. I’d dare to say that any browser with builtin adblocker is going to be more than enough.

p.s.:

“Yeah, but the guy donate 1000 $ to some anti-LGBT org years ago”, “yeah, but the referral stuff”, more crap bullshit, etc… Don’t care. It’s fucking browser, not a religion.

Sheeple ,
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Brave uses chromium.

Engywuck , (edited )

Thanks for schooling this ex-FF users for almost 20 years. /s

Who cares? It works for me AND I have come to despise Mozilla, so… Brave it it for me.

And no, inbluilt adblockers won’t be affected. They are not extensions. Google can’t do anything about them.

P.S. don’t bother replying, I’m not going to read and I’m not open to debate. Mozilla’s shills/bootlickers better don’t waste their time. Downvote and move along.

Sheeple , (edited )
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

YouTube: “Please turn off your Adblocker”

Chromium user: 😮

Chromium based browsers have a tendency to get their adblocking detected more easily. Edge and Brave are known to be compromised in that way and unable to watch YouTube. Firefox meanwhile isn’t.

Edit: FYI since you’re so butthurt about people replying like the child you are. The replies are also to show others why you are so intensly wrong. You got to post your objectively wrong opinion here, we have all the right to reply

BlackSkinnedJew ,

Or you can DNS level blocking + NewPipe(SponsorBlock)

Lyricism6055 ,

dns level blocking doesn’t work nearly as well as ublock. Not sure what newpipe is (checking it out now), but pihole misses a ton of things that ublock can do. Ublock can also hide elements from things like “disable your ad blocker” messages that always pop up.

I’m definitely wanting to swap back to firefox, but idk who the hell decided to remove PWA support from FF… hopefully they bring that back.

BlackSkinnedJew ,

Yeah DNS blocking it’s not perfect but it works almost on all apps WO having to install anything in the OS, I’m using right now NextDNS+NewPipe(SponsorBlock)+ViMusic+Brave and everything it’s going smooth AF. For services like Facebook and YouTube you need forcedly use a free front-end or a modded app.

rustydomino ,
@rustydomino@lemmy.world avatar

pi-hole works great for blocking ads on IoT devices. My number one client that gets the most blocks from my pi-hole is my Roku device.

netchami ,

Don’t use Brave, LibreWolf is far better and unlike Brave it doesn’t support the Chromium monopoly

BlackSkinnedJew ,

Is there any good alternative for Brave over Android?

netchami ,

Mull is great

BlackSkinnedJew ,

I will check it mate thx for the info 👍👍

teejay ,

pihole misses a ton of things that ublock can do

This seems like more of an issue of the adlists you use in pihole. Pihole’s blocking is only as good as the adlists you use on it. I’ve been running a pihole on my home network for years, and I find that as long as I take a few minutes to update the adlists (add new ones, remove dead ones) once or twice a year, it nukes nearly everything. And it’s amazing for blocking things on IoT devices where ublock origin will never be a thing.

Also, they’re not mutually exclusive – one can certainly use both. I use pihole on my home network, and run ffox + UBO on my computers and phone.

Lyricism6055 ,

There are ads baked in to some websites. Facebook ads make it past pihole.

I personally use both at home I’m just saying pihole doesn’t get everything that unlock does so I always run both

baatliwala ,

I mean you can do that and use Firefox, it’s not going to hurt.

BlackSkinnedJew ,

Yeah I definitely have to try Firefox at least to know how it run nowdays.

netchami ,

+1 for DNS level ad/tracker blocking. Everyone should check out NextDNS or self host Pi-Hole.

You should still use Firefox or LibreWolf though. Mull is awesome on mobile, it’s the closest thing to LibreWolf.

For YouTube, you can use alternative clients like Piped or Invidious in combination with LibRedirect to automatically redirect all YouTube links. On mobile, I recommend LibreTube for Android, Yattee with this guide on iOS and SmartTubeNext on Android TV.

BlackSkinnedJew ,

👍👍 thx for the info mate…

Smokeydope ,
@Smokeydope@lemmy.world avatar

The people who know what UBO or a firefox even is is the vast minority. Google could single handedly completely fuck over the free internet and a majority still wouldn’t give a fuck as long as they get that sweet sweet one click convinence. The average consumer who plays on their phone and tappy taps on their laptop have zero clue how their devices actually work, or that there are more privacy friendly options. They just want their shit to work, privacy and daddy google violating their basic human rights be damned.

Oh and also some websites make it a huge pain in the ass if you aren’t using chromium. I think its a bit of a conspiracy but could be wrong.

Also stop shilling firefox and start shilling Librewolf

Lyricism6055 ,

is librewolf on mobile?

Smokeydope ,
@Smokeydope@lemmy.world avatar

Nope only desktop. FF on mobile does have UBO available to install and I hear they are making plans to have all desktop addons be available on mobile at some point. I use kiwi browser for mobile. It is unfortunately chromium based but lets you install all the desktop adds from the chrome store including UBO

Ecksell ,

The average consumer who plays on their phone and tappy taps on their laptop have zero clue how their devices actually work, or that there are more privacy friendly options.

Doesn’t this apply to most things? Phones, laptops, desktops…and cars, refrigerators, garage door openers, light bulbs, etc etc

hotkinkyjo ,

www.vidlii.com/watch?v=njL4HaoY8lW

Rockyrikoko ,

I’m trying to make the switch to Firefox, but I’m running into some issues. The main one being, I travel internationally a lot for work and rely heavily on chrome automatically translating every web page I visit. Is there a way to have this on both my desktop and mobile (android)? When I look at the available extensions there are like 15 available… Thankfully one of them is uBlock Origin

Killercat103 ,
@Killercat103@infosec.pub avatar

Firefox does now have built-in page translation that runs offline. While it’s not the best one out there it only needs to connect to the internet once to download the translation data.

sergih ,

I know they recently put the feature in the desktop, did they dobit on mobile too tho?

Lyricism6055 ,

FF doesn’t do that I think. There are addons that u can use for it though.

limerod ,

Considering, the mobile browser also has addons and will gain hundreds more in a few months. It’s a no-brainer.

Gumus ,

This. Youtube is getting progressively more annoying (my train to switch on PC), but what pushed me was Dark Reader on mobile.

Yoz ,

Lol.is it actually blocked in chrome?

radioactiveradio ,

I clicked and lol.is is under construction apparently.

celeste ,

Tbf every time is the best time to switch to Firefox

YuriJace ,

I would gladly if their Android app wasn’t filled with bugs and performance issues on my phone

MrMonkey ,

It’s bad on Android, but is good on desktop

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