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I use Firefox but there's also forks of it like Librewolf and Waterfox that are more focused on security
So now that Ublock is dead, what do?
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A lot of people saying this. What is it that you are used to that would make the transition to a different browser difficult? I'm genuinely interested because for me, I can swap browsers I would think fairly easily as all it really is to me is a window to the web. So long as I can have tabbed browsing and ads blocked, there is no major difference to me.
I remember last time I tried it, certain things just behaved slightly different but that was probably about 10 years ago. I've used Chrome almost exclusively since it was released so everything is muscle memory now and little changes can be quite jarring.
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I was the same. I tried moving to Firefox, but the little differences annoyed me. I've moved to Brave and stuck with it, simply because it's a fork of Chrome so looks and works in the same manner.
I don't trust Brave as they sell advertising in the browser.
Brave Ads | Brave
Get your brand in front of millions of users today and advertise on the Brave Ads platform — the world's first global ads platform built on privacy.
I'd go with Firefox or Safari if I had to move.
There is no perfect browser unfortunately. My preferred browser until recently was Edge, as it works across Mac, iOS and Windows, including an ad blocker on iOS.
I have been trying Firefox for a bit recently as I have been using Linux a bit more and Edge doesn't work there, but Firefox doesn't support ad blocking on iOS which makes browsing hideous.
Think I am going to stick to Mac/Windows and Edge tbh....
I have been trying Firefox for a bit recently as I have been using Linux a bit more and Edge doesn't work there, but Firefox doesn't support ad blocking on iOS which makes browsing hideous.
Think I am going to stick to Mac/Windows and Edge tbh....
Firefox sell advertising as well. They all have to make money from somewhere..I don't trust Brave as they sell advertising in the browser.
Brave Ads | Brave
Get your brand in front of millions of users today and advertise on the Brave Ads platform — the world's first global ads platform built on privacy.brave.com
I'd go with Firefox or Safari if I had to move.
uBlock Origin + Firefox.
Chrome is crap, last time I checked in October, the Windows version STILL didn't support HDR in Youtube, despite the lesser used Mac version of Chrome being able to do HDR for years
Yet Edge could do it 
Chrome is crap, last time I checked in October, the Windows version STILL didn't support HDR in Youtube, despite the lesser used Mac version of Chrome being able to do HDR for years
Yet Edge could do it
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I get around this by not having any HDR devicesuBlock Origin + Firefox.
Chrome is crap, last time I checked in October, the Windows version STILL didn't support HDR in Youtube, despite the lesser used Mac version of Chrome being able to do HDR for years
Well played Sir, well playedI get around this by not having any HDR devices
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Thankfully, the lite version on strict has been working fine for me since the original stopped working.
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Technically they aren't, but there's no such thing as consequences any more.
And you can turn those ads back into a few pence for yourself too. Wont ever see Chrome or FF offer anything like that.
Brave is the winner for me at the moment, similar to Chrome, adblock naturally, earn crypto on some ads you see, not take up 60% of your CPU and memory just by being open.
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Is Adblock Plus still frowned upon? It was blocked at work for malware reasons but I’ve just noticed I’ve still got it on Chrome on my home laptop.
Regarding Firefox, I used it bitd because it was so much better than the alternatives, but I remember it got ridiculously bloated and Chrome sort of… wasn’t. Would I even notice that now even the most basic computer has gigs and gigs of ram?
Regarding Firefox, I used it bitd because it was so much better than the alternatives, but I remember it got ridiculously bloated and Chrome sort of… wasn’t. Would I even notice that now even the most basic computer has gigs and gigs of ram?
I think Adblock ended up in bed with AD companies, so can't be trusted anymore.
It's always hard looking back and remembering timelines accurately but in the early days of Chrome coming on the scene, it did deliver significant improvements over Firefox of the time - the UI was much slicker and wasted significantly less screen space, it ran and loaded pages measurably faster (it would open twice as fast and load pages twice as fast), RAM management was better in Chrome, it was (afaik) first of the two to split tabs into separate processes, in the late 2000s and early 2010s Firefox was often more prone to breaking extensions during updates, Chrome updated more frequently and more routinely delivering security improvements, etc. etc.
Firefox has absolutely caught back up but there was definitely a period around 2010-2012 where they really fell behind quite significantly, Chrome gathered momentum and Firefox was never really able to reverse that shift in momentum.
Raises ticket to service desk: "Can you put firefox on my work laptop instead of Chrome/Edge as I'm a sane person".