• Engywuck@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    You don’t need extensions when you have capable inbuilt adblockers. Stop fear mongering.

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        3 months ago

        Everybody knows that Chrome, the only browser made by Google, has a built-in adblocker. /s

        Being called names just for stating the obvious. Typical lemmy.

        It’s not my fault if Mozilla won’t bother implementing a decent adblocker and have to rely on an external unpaid developer to keep FF afloat.

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          3 months ago

          Firefox is a browser, not an adblocker. Why would they make their own adblocker when there are already independent adblockers that are very good? I would suggest Firefox just come pre-installed with uBlock Origin

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            3 months ago

            “Firefox is a browser, not an ad measurement tool. What would they sneakily introduce an OPT-OUT ad efficacy measurement tool”?

            People would really do anything to justify Mozilla’s bullshit.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve done tests with the built-in Firefox strict mode vs uBlock and there’s a bit of a difference. Firefox blocks about two thirds, uBlock is almost 100%.

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        3 months ago

        Firefox doesn’t have a proper adblocker. It’s just a tracker blocker.

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      3 months ago

      Every thread that mentions Firefox draws hate from you. It’s tiring and your points are never good.

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      Unless by built in, you mean the ublock that comes with librewolf, thats fucking stupid. Adblocking is an armsrace that requires constant up to date collaboration on the adblock developer side. Thats why you need crossplatform plugins like ublock, otherwise you will end up seeing ads.

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        3 months ago

        No, Vivaldi, Brave and Opera have builtin adblockers which don’t depend on the extensions manifest. Plus, one could always rely on AdGuard, which whould block ads system wide.

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        3 months ago

        thats fucking stupid

        Thanks, I respect you too.

        I’ts been 3 years since I last used uBO and I have still to see a single ad on my browser. But you do you.