ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 days agoWhich browser do you use and why?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-down1message-squareWhich browser do you use and why?ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square236fedilinkfile-text
Using firefox but concerned now Read about some alternatives: ARC not OSS and VC funded, NO. Waterfox, FOSS Librewolf, FOSS Zen, FOSS but is just a skin?? Ladybird, FOSS Orion? Arctic Fox Mullvad Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.
minus-squarecommander@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 days agoFirefox. Google removed a valuable addon from their store without justifiable reason and kept it removed because there’s not sufficient backlash. The addon is AdNauseam. It’s an improvement on uBlock Origin that clicks ads in addition to hiding them.
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoUbo prevents ad resources from being loaded, not loading / rendering ads at all makes a major difference in battery and bandwidth usage in my experience. Most notably bandwidth usage drops by %90 in most extreme cases.
Firefox. Google removed a valuable addon from their store without justifiable reason and kept it removed because there’s not sufficient backlash.
The addon is AdNauseam. It’s an improvement on uBlock Origin that clicks ads in addition to hiding them.
Ubo prevents ad resources from being loaded, not loading / rendering ads at all makes a major difference in battery and bandwidth usage in my experience. Most notably bandwidth usage drops by %90 in most extreme cases.