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Here's what's not new: lack of anti-tracking protections

by 21 8y ago

cheeze 8y ago
Meanwhile, Mozilla is pushing forward in that area! https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-... I'm almost 100% Firefox at this point. I trust Mozilla.
- kareemm 8y ago
  I trust Mozilla and have zero trust in Google. But I just switched back to Chrome after an experiment with Firefox. It’s just too much of a resource hog vs Chrome. Hopefully they sort that out soon.
  - rys 8y ago
    Resource usage is worth more than your privacy?
  - kart23 8y ago
    Really? What use case? I've had the opposite experience, ff uses much less ram than chrome.
    - kareemm 8y ago
      Anecdotally lots of tabs open (30+) in Firefox uses more RAM than Chrome and brings my 2017 MBP to its knees.
      - mishurov 8y ago
        FF works smoothly on my Linux ultrabook using either nVidia or Intel rendering, it consumes noticeably less resources than Chrome.
- testvox 8y ago
  I'm on waterfox. Mozilla lost my trust when they started installing advertising extensions without user permission. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...
  - orf 8y ago
    Poor play on Mozilla's part, sure, and they paid their price. But it seems pretty damn silly to switch off Firefox for good because of this. In fact you'd be directly impacting the only browser vendor that does care about your privacy, reducing their ability to push forward with privacy focused initiatives. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! But, if you want to use a poorly maintained, out of date and insecure fork of Firefox privacy reasons (as if Mozilla is somehow terrible in this area!) then go for it, but understand you're sacrificing your security for no particularly good reason whilst simultaneously reducing their impact in influencing the design of a privacy orientated web.
atonse 8y ago
Agreed. I just can't go back to a browser without an ad blocker nowadays. I've forgotten how absolutely ugly and distracting most of the web looks with today's ads, not to mention the out of control tracking of users and invasion of their privacy.
- skybrian 8y ago
  I thought Chrome was supposed to be getting an ad blocker? Whatever happened to that?
- manigandham 8y ago
  you can install on adblocker on any browser with extensions
  - atonse 8y ago
    JS based blockers are not the same as declarative, native content blockers like safari pioneered.
    - manigandham 8y ago
      Extensions have access to various browser APIs and you can enter a list of sites just like Safari. There is no difference.
mholt 8y ago
What about this? > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from malicious and annoying ads ... It's a start, at least. I still use uBlock Origin until Chrome gets their game together with ad blocking.
- romanovcode 8y ago
  Let me rephrase that for you. > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from ads that are not part of google ad-network ...
chrisco255 8y ago
For that, there's Brave: https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/ Chromium-based, ad blocking by default

Here's what's not new: lack of anti-tracking protections

by 21 8y ago

Here's what's not new: lack of anti-tracking protections

Meanwhile, Mozilla is pushing forward in that area! https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-... I'm almost 100% Firefox at this point. I trust Mozilla.

kareemm 8y ago
I trust Mozilla and have zero trust in Google. But I just switched back to Chrome after an experiment with Firefox. It’s just too much of a resource hog vs Chrome. Hopefully they sort that out soon.
- rys 8y ago
  Resource usage is worth more than your privacy?
- kart23 8y ago
  Really? What use case? I've had the opposite experience, ff uses much less ram than chrome.
  - kareemm 8y ago
    Anecdotally lots of tabs open (30+) in Firefox uses more RAM than Chrome and brings my 2017 MBP to its knees.
    - mishurov 8y ago
      FF works smoothly on my Linux ultrabook using either nVidia or Intel rendering, it consumes noticeably less resources than Chrome.
testvox 8y ago
I'm on waterfox. Mozilla lost my trust when they started installing advertising extensions without user permission. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...
- orf 8y ago
  Poor play on Mozilla's part, sure, and they paid their price. But it seems pretty damn silly to switch off Firefox for good because of this. In fact you'd be directly impacting the only browser vendor that does care about your privacy, reducing their ability to push forward with privacy focused initiatives. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! But, if you want to use a poorly maintained, out of date and insecure fork of Firefox privacy reasons (as if Mozilla is somehow terrible in this area!) then go for it, but understand you're sacrificing your security for no particularly good reason whilst simultaneously reducing their impact in influencing the design of a privacy orientated web.

atonse 8y ago

Agreed. I just can't go back to a browser without an ad blocker nowadays. I've forgotten how absolutely ugly and distracting most of the web looks with today's ads, not to mention the out of control tracking of users and invasion of their privacy.

skybrian 8y ago
I thought Chrome was supposed to be getting an ad blocker? Whatever happened to that?
manigandham 8y ago
you can install on adblocker on any browser with extensions
- atonse 8y ago
  JS based blockers are not the same as declarative, native content blockers like safari pioneered.
  - manigandham 8y ago
    Extensions have access to various browser APIs and you can enter a list of sites just like Safari. There is no difference.

mholt 8y ago

What about this? > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from malicious and annoying ads ... It's a start, at least. I still use uBlock Origin until Chrome gets their game together with ad blocking.

romanovcode 8y ago
Let me rephrase that for you. > ... We launched an ad blocker to keep you safe from ads that are not part of google ad-network ...

chrisco255 8y ago

For that, there's Brave: https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/ Chromium-based, ad blocking by default