Sponsored ads built directly into a video bother me less than Youtube's commercials. YT's often randomly pop up in the middle of dialog, breaking the whole flow of the video. At least from the videos I watch, sponsored ads tend to be near the beginning or end, so it isn't a big deal.i always have to shake my head whenever i read "computer people to find a way to make computers NOT act like computers".
Back 2-3 months ago when Google went crazy and essentially broke YouTube, there was about a week where the adblockers didn't work or, more realistically, worked at 50% efficiency. Got a couple of black-screen videos, videos not playing, broken buttons, but within 10-ish days everything was back to normal.
incidentally, i have found a new, *awesome* extension, called SponsorBlock (google it) which identifies (and optionally, auto-skips) the parts of a YouTube video where the 'tuber has their sponsor bit .. you know, the "The romans were very cool. But now let's talk about SQUARESPACE !!" bit.
Google trying to break adblockers has actually improved my browsing experience. lol.
Get yourself SponsorBlock, it's awesome.
yeah, i know how you feel. and i got some good news, if this matters to you.Sponsored ads built directly into a video bother me less than Youtube's commercials. YT's often randomly pop up in the middle of dialog, breaking the whole flow of the video. At least from the videos I watch, sponsored ads tend to be near the beginning or end, so it isn't a big deal.
The exact same thing happened to me. I also got the add in to restore the down vote counter. Also I think the while episode made a lot of people aware that ad blockers existed.i always have to shake my head whenever i read "computer people to find a way to make computers NOT act like computers".
Back 2-3 months ago when Google went crazy and essentially broke YouTube, there was about a week where the adblockers didn't work or, more realistically, worked at 50% efficiency. Got a couple of black-screen videos, videos not playing, broken buttons, but within 10-ish days everything was back to normal.
incidentally, i have found a new, *awesome* extension, called SponsorBlock (google it) which identifies (and optionally, auto-skips) the parts of a YouTube video where the 'tuber has their sponsor bit .. you know, the "The romans were very cool. But now let's talk about SQUARESPACE !!" bit.
Google trying to break adblockers has actually improved my browsing experience. lol.
Get yourself SponsorBlock, it's awesome.
Yeah we all go to Firefox and there goes all that great personal information Google can harvest and resell from our browsing.It would be suicide for Chrome to actually follow through, I have a feeling it's never going to happen. If by chance they did and people don't want to go back to Firefox there's plenty of options to block at the network level as well like Pihole.
It would be suicide for Chrome to actually follow through, I have a feeling it's never going to happen. If by chance they did and people don't want to go back to Firefox there's plenty of options to block at the network level as well like Pihole.
I'm not very trustful of google these days so i stay away from all chromium based browsers unless i absolutely have to..wish there where more than 2 useful onesGoogle guides chromium. It's google's project. Chromium is like chrome lite. All the core functionality is there minus some proprietary bits.
it was a shame Opera folded
It's owned by a conglomerate of Chinese companies, and Chinese companies are bound by Chinese laws. Basically all your data must be handed over to the Chinese government if they ask.Wait I still use Opera. Infact I'm writing this in Opera.
What happened?
Sadly I agree, there will be some fuss, some people will move elsewhere, but eventually the fuss dies down and the company gets away with it.IMO to label it as 'suicide' is as optimistic as it gets, the idea that most people care enough about ads to do anything about it or the idea that most will choose software for idealistic reasons.
I'm not sure why anyone would use anything apart from Firefox or one of its forks. (Unless it's one of those edge cases where only a certain browser works for spurious reasons)Firefox seems to be the only valid browser left now days. Will be a sad day if ever they sell out too.
Firefox seems to be the only valid browser left now days. Will be a sad day if ever they sell out too.
I'm not sure why anyone would use anything apart from Firefox or one of its forks. (Unless it's one of those edge cases where only a certain browser works for spurious reasons)
You spelled SeaMonkey wrong.Firefox seems to be the only valid browser left now days. Will be a sad day if ever they sell out too.
Yeah, Mozilla's "Privacy-Preserving Attribution" feature plus their purchase a few months ago of that ad metrics firm (Anonym) just leaves me full of trust for them.
Firefox may be the least worst of all of them, but it is clear Mozilla is still apparently being run by self-deluding idiots.
There are truly no privacy-safe browsers anymore (if there ever were to begin with).
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Can the browser use all firefox add-ons? I see that some are recommended and ublock origin is included, but I want to keep a few of the add-ons I use like multi-account containers, flagfox, noscript and a couple of vpn add-ons.LibreWolf Browser
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.librewolf.net
I tend to use that raw and Firefox loaded up with my extensions. I think that libre wolf works with the same extensions though.Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Can the browser use all firefox add-ons? I see that some are recommended and ublock origin is included, but I want to keep a few of the add-ons I use like multi-account containers, flagfox, noscript and a couple of vpn add-ons.
Appreciate the link. Will have to check that out.LibreWolf Browser
A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.librewolf.net