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Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible (stackdiary.com)
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[–] 145 points 3 years ago* (11 children)

Are we seriously sitting here, in the shadow of the open internet's apocalypse, complaining yet again about Firefox's UI?

It's like Superman trying to rescue you from a fire and you complaining about his breath.

There's no UI in the world that will make the internet bareable without functional ad blockers.

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

    Hey, I switched to Firefox because I liked its UI better (after Quantum though)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    I switched back from years with Chrome then new Chromium Edge, haven't noticed an issue. But everything I do is Ctrl+W, middle-click, and typing into search fields. If I'm using a browser's UI, it's for the menu or a bookmark folder.

    I can't really fathom what a browser UI is used for beside this and the less there is of one on-screen, the better.

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

    Yes. Because the UI and UX of a tool that you use everyday matters. The average user will hold ease of use over privacy 9 times out of 10. In my case though I wasn’t able to use FF for a while due to the lack of debugger support for a project I was working on. Now it comes down to me having to work on multiple projects at once so tab groups and organization are key. Now don’t get me wrong, once Chrome totally kills adblockers I’ll drop Chromium browsers like a bad habit, but the point still stands though, FF could use some UI improvements.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Id argue on mobile for instance, firefox is easier to use. One of the LARGEST differences between chrome and firefox from a UI standpoint is bottom search/site box over top one, especially for larger phones.

    This of course doesnt consider anything related to addons yet.

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

    Well, super bad breath is not your ordinary bad breath. It would possibly melt your lungs faster than the fire. Bacteria that can thrive in superman's body is not to be messed with.

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