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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)
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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
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[–] 75 points 2 years ago (16 children)

I use Firefox everywhere which means I have ads blocking everywhere, including and especially on Android. All my tabs are synced and are easily transferred between devices.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    While I dont use Firefox itself any more I am using librewolf on my PC, which sadly doesnt exist for phones yet. Also, GOS comes with its own privacy oriented chromium fork called vanadium, so I'm using that in the mean time.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I've found the Mull browser (which can be found through the DivestOS repository on F-Droid) works great as a privacy-focused firefox fork, similar to LibreWolf. I hear Fennic F-Droid is also a pretty good but less extreme alternative, but I'd imagine you don't care much about that if you use LibreWolf.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    If we want to be honest, Firefox on Android has way worse performance than Chrome.

    (But I still use it instead of Chrome)

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I use both on a Pixel 7 Pro.
    Can't confirm that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I use both on a Galaxy Fold 5 and can confirm Chromium based browsers are smoother. Although I still use Waterfox on my phone. I just keep a Chromium based browsers in case a website doesn't work when I visited it using Waterfox.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    It depends I think. I found Chrome to be a tiny bit faster but then ads bogged the page down so most of the time, Firefox is faster for me.

    In some very rare cases when I need to disable ads blocking, Chrome is indeed faster but I'd rather abandon websites rather than disable ads blocking.

    So if you love ads, Chrome is better. If you hate ads like I do, Firefox is miles ahead.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There are other ways to block ads. Adguard does a great job on Android. It establishes a local VPN, so it can do HTTP[S] content filtering in addition to DNS blocking.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Can't use my VPN and adguard at the same time iirc, unless android has two active VPN "slots" now. Can't bring a pihole with me 24/7 either as much as I would like to.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    There's always nextdns.io that can be configured to use ad blocking filters on the dns level. You can set it up on your phone as well

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Can I use it in conjunction with my normal VPN? AFAIK android has only one active VPN slot available at a time.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Ive been using Firefox on Android for years but it really needs some TLC. It doesn't support scaling to a tablet/desktop UI at all so it doesn't work well in DeX or anything larger than a phone. I also recently had to swap to Brave because I noticed Firefox was draining a lot of battery all of a sudden. There's some kind of leak or running process that isn't sleeping properly. In a few months I'll re-install and try again.

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