If you don't have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu's ads
Better version: https://lemmy.world/post/21245770
Another recommendation for YT:
It is Community-Based. Ppl (like you) mark timecodes from sponsor ads and if toggled on those will be skipped. You can whitelist channels as well if you want to.
150% better YT-experience!
If I'm going to see an ad, I do prefer sponsor ads over the injected YT ads. At least I can hope the content creators are getting paid directly for the ad.
DONT use the "I Don't Care About Cookies" plugin. It was sold to Avast. The same company that stole users information and sold it ON A PRIVACY PRODUCT illegally for years causing them to get sued for 16 million. (slap on the wrist tbh)
https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisition/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080135/avast-security-privacy-software-ftc-fine-data-harvesting
Why would someone use that instead of uBlock origin cookie filter?
Its really best to keep browser extensions as few as possible for fingerprinting resistance
To OP/readers you're OK with extensions this would be a better pick imo (read installation instructions)
Sigh
Download jerboa
Phone settings > Private DNS > set DNS provider host name to dns.adguard-dns.com.
Problem solved.
Why don't you download something like Voyager or Thunder from f-droid?
ublock origin has a cookie notice and nag filter that removes those.
go into the settings and turn on the annoyance filters, they are awesome.
I'd actually recommend consent-o-matic instead of IDCAC. It actually selects the minimum concent for you instead of just hiding it.
I use that one on iOS. In Firefox I use the native functionality (the cookiebanners.service.mode flag). See https://community.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/firefox-cookie-banner-handling/. I also set cookiebanners.ui.desktop.enabled to true to make this setting appear in the settings menu.
I didn't know it was native too!
EDIT: Ignore my blind confidence. CAD is (mostly) broken in recent FF versions. (See ivn's reply to this post).
Consent-o-Matic with Cookie Auto Delete and Firefox's Multi-Account Container tabs covers it all nicely for me.
Cookie banners get handled, cookies I don't explicitly want to keep automatically disappear when I leave the site/close the tab, and those I do want to keep can be given their own containers to keep them separated.
Cookie autodelete doesn't work with strict mode and you should use strict mode. Just drop it.
You don't need an extension to auto remove cookies with Firefox.
Drop IDCAC and Privacy Badger, add consent-o-matic, sponsorblock and bypass paywall clean.
Check Arkenfox for Firefox config and extension recommendations.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
Only use temp mails for unimportant, one-shot account, otherwise use an email relay.
It's insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
What is "No need YT ads" and the "Ctrl+P"?
Ctrl P is to print a page. The idea is you quickly press print before the paywall loads, so you can read the full article
Pressing ESC works in some cases too. It stops loading the page
That’s ~~piped~~ invidious an alternative frontend for YT but Google has been cracking down on it so YMMV and ctrl+p prints a webpage in browser which used to work for circumventing paywalls but nowadays it’s not really a thing anymore
What's the one in the bottom left?
I have adblocked yt and pirated yt music on my phone, but those 1 minute ads between 1:50 songs on my tv are getting to me...bad.
I'm damn near ready to yeet the tv off the balcony.
I just use my tv as a big monitor, no way i would ever give my tv internet access
Strong agree. I would pay more for a non-smart tv. They're probably all smart these days, aren't they? Ugh.
Thankfully it is easy to not connect them. The newest TV I bought I connected it once via Ethernet during setup to get the latest software, then unplugged it. Has been working fine for a year with no issue.
I don't care, really. I'm going to just use the inputs on the TV with whatever peripheral I plug into it anyway.
If it has to be updated to be used in the first place then I'll update it, disconnect it from the internet, block it at the router level and then use it as a monitor, which it is.
We shouldn't have to do this, but, the world sucks, so... shrug
Pretty sure it's a chevron from stargate?
Two figures on either side, praying beside a pyramid with the sun directly above it.
UBO can block YT ads, no need to use a seperate ad blocker for YT
Sponsorblock to auto skip sponsor segments, or even non music parts of music on YouTube. Or interaction reminders, or end credits, etc can make it a little bit how you want it
Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.
note that I don't care about cookies and Privacy badger is unnecessary when you have uBO. Also get Bypass Paywalls Clean though.
Shift + RClick to force the browser's native context menu instead of triggering a JavaScript event.
Ctrl + Shift + E (and then perhaps Ctrl + F5) to see URLs of resources.
Go into uBO settings and then filters and enable all the non-language filters. You won't need privacy badger or that cookie addon anymore.
archive.is or archive.ph is what I use for getting past paywalls. If it’s a hard membership paywall there won’t be much you can do about it. If it’s just a splash screen, they work by removing the annoying stuff that prevents you from going further since they have to package the content for SEO. The archive sites basically grab that content as if they were going to index it for a search engine, but then they present it in human readable format instead.
Bypass paywall clean Firefox is a really good addition as well
IDCAC should not be on this list since it was compromised, ABP-style. consent-o-matic is probably better but the most direct replacement is "I Still Don't Care About Cookies".
What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?
Invidous
Currently, it is recovering from attacks from Google. Only self-hosting works reliably at the moment..
Ublock origin already has privacy badger and no cookies functionality. Worst case nothing gets blocked. Also slower internet for you.
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