If we are going to eschew open source projects from shitty tech companies, then there’s a pretty long list.
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"Quietly™" by posting about it beforehand everywhere they could.
a default-disabled prototype
No wonder it didn't show up in normal/enduser release notes.
This article suggests you have to disabled Enhanced Tracking Protection to test it. Does it replace that entire system with an equivalent system?
I'll wait until it's stable and productive.
Cool.
Still sticking with uBlock and SponsorBlock (skips all the "this video was sponsored by" segments on YouTube).
Add DeArrow in there as well (anti-clickbait)
SponsorBlock
I believe uBlock manages to remove all ads on yt by tickling the subscription of some list bundled in its installation already
SponsorBlock skips past the video segments which contain sponsored advertisement. There's no overlap with what uBlock does.
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That's cool, take the good part of Brave, leave behind the villainous CEO and dodgy crypto scams
I used brave for a while. Recently switched to zen browser to try some better tab management. But despite all braves issues, it’s ad/tracker blocking was always very good imo. I think it will be a good addition to Firefox.
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Why did they not just set ublock as a default installed plugin?
Because the performance of brave lib is a little better since it doesn't go through the plugin API
So should you use this now? Or keep uBlock origin? Or enable both for maximum protection?
it's up to you which one you wanna use, I'll keep using uBlock origin (both is overkill, you only need one for blocking ads)
Is it? Like YouTube is less laggy with that? Thats the only situation where i see actual delays by adblocking
Yes, it is. No, the delays on Youtube don't come from the performance of the adblocking code, so you won't notice many differences. But more efficient adblocking is good for everyone - noticeably more so on devices with batteries, but still helpful for everyone.
How incredible i think I’ll start using Firefox again as it’s becoming better i just wish they would create their own email service already.
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