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[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 50 points 5 hours ago

I used to recommend uBlock as a no-brainer, now folks really need to change towards a better browser.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 24 points 5 hours ago

Or get network wide blocking. Doesn’t prevent everything but it does prevent most ads. Makes the internet tolerable at least.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 44 minutes ago

I recommended pihole to my senior webdeveloper. She didn't know about it and was blown away by the concept. She installed it immediately and is now living happily ad free.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 hours ago

nah, lets get them switched away from chromium based spy machines.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

Not everyone can. Work machines for instance.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 10 points 3 hours ago

Can't install extensions on a work machine but you can add a network wide blocker?

[-] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

Possibly, if you work from home

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 56 minutes ago

Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world?

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

sadly, agreed. mindshare leads to adoption, tho - so putting Firefox in front of more faces is always a positive. after all, its how google dominates.

[-] shininghero@pawb.social 5 points 3 hours ago

Depends on how lax the IT department is when it comes to random executables. I was able to move the firefox installer to the appdata root, and run a non-admin install to my user profile.

[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Something like NextDNS as a no-brainer? It works but hits the limit of the free tier if people use it beyond their phone.

[-] nickhammes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

PiHole and a TailScale exit node so you can use it for DNS whether or not you're on your home network.

[-] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 45 minutes ago

Or a variation of this is TailScale configured to use NextDNS and a TS exit node. That's for anyone who doesn't want to maintain a PiHole. I've done both. Personal choice.

[-] GustavoFring@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

ControlD then.

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