I only ever see online advertising when I’ve installed a new browser and I’m searching for uBlock Origin.

And I have to scroll to find the actual genuine link.

      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
        13·
        9 days ago

        Firefox and Librewolf.
        Firefox has it at or near top of recommendations.
        Librewolf already has it preinstalled from the start, so even one step less.

        • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          I don’t use Firefox any more. I was one of their early adopters (back when it was Firebird IIRC), but a few months ago I’d just flat had enough of their shady stuff and AI bullshit. I used Librewolf for a while but gave up on it because privacy at the price of compatibility is fine until you need something that relies on that compatibility. I haven’t settled on a forever browser just yet, I’m kinda waiting until Servo becomes a viable web engine and browsers built on it emerge. For now, Vivaldi seems to be the least-bad.

              • chloroken@lemmy.mlEnglish
                2·
                9 days ago

                This is false. Vivaldi is on manifest v3 and runs its own internal rat race against ads. uBlock origin is neutered under Vivaldi just like all Chromium-based browsers.

                The idea that you’re satisfied on a downstream Chromium product but won’t try downstream Firefox products is confusing. Librewolf is nearly best in class and dominates Vivaldi in almost every relevant metric.

                • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
                  1·
                  9 days ago

                  Can you please explain in what way uBlock Origin is neutered under Vivaldi?

                  Note that I am, despite your assertion, using the full uBlock Origin, not the Google-friendly uBlock Origin Lite. Proof:

                  I suspect you may simply be confidently incorrect, but I’d be interested to learn in what way uBlock Origin has been neutered.

                  You are also incorrect with your assertion that I “won’t try downstream Firefox products”. I stated that I used Librewolf for months, but finally had to drop it as the tradeoffs for privacy vs compatibility were prohibitive for my use case.

                  I’d also love to see the “relevant metrics” to which you refer, please.

    • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      6·
      9 days ago

      The four(!) ads I saw were for:

      • a third-party download site purporting to offer uBO Lite (the nerfed Google-friendly version)
      • “Top Four Best Ad Blockers” (which recommends homophobia and crypto-shit browser Brave)
      • “Up to 50% off the best leading ad blockers” (who the fuck pays for an adblocker), and
      • a shady Chinese browser wearing the skin of an old power user browser

      But yours may vary.