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[–] pushka@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In the next 6 to 12 months Google is removing most adblock functionality - switch to Firefox (also Firefox mobile is amazing with uBlock origin )

They're not allowing remote connections for security , but you need a lot of 3rd party data to keep track of lists of ever changing malicious websites and ads to block

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[–] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (16 children)

So I've heard good and bad things about Firefox in this thread. The bad things being mainly the performance, and some sites just don't load...

So my question to you is, If I'm comfortably browsing on Brave with uBlock on, is it really worth the switch right now?

[–] Miqo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Firefox had some issues like a decade ago on their old engine. In the past few years, they seriously stepped up their game.

If you're a normal user, you probably won't even notice the difference between Firefox and Chomium-based browsers. Sometimes I come across a weird website that doesn't want to load properly, so I'll open a Chrome tab for a few minutes to access it, but that's increasingly rare.

For web development, I generally prefer Chome's debug tools, but do all my normal browsing with Firefox.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You're posting on Lemmy and you joined seven days ago, so it's a safe bet that you have some opinions about Reddit. So I'll put it this way: if you have a problem with the way Reddit concentrates power in the hands of u/Spez and want to support alternatives because of that, then you should also have a similar problem with how Chromium-based browsers concentrate power in the hands of Google and reject Brave in favor of Firefox.

[–] Danatronic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The founder of Brave had previously been fired from Mozilla due to his homophobia. Firefox is the more ethical choice.

But it's also perfectly fine for most web browsing, and is the only web browser I've seen with extensions like ublock available on mobile.

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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Yes. Brave is based on Chromium, which has some limitations on things which can be filtered. If you truly care about your privacy, use Firefox, or a further-privacy focused Firefox variant such as LibreWolf. The so called performance issues of Firefox are greatly exaggerated, realistically you won't be able to notice any difference.

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[–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

More people finding out every day that big tech is your enemy and should be treated as such.

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