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Switched a long time ago from IE and no matter what other browser I try I always come back to Firefox after a while. It just behaves as I expect it to and the U
by alpaca128 7y ago
Switched a long time ago from IE and no matter what other browser I try I always come back to Firefox after a while. It just behaves as I expect it to and the UI customization feature is awesome.
The only browser that I think could make me switch is qutebrowser, though the lack of an adblocker is an obstacle for me.
- KingFelix 7y agoAgree, I've been using FF forever. If I work on other peoples computers I install it and tell them to try it out. It's the best.
- nineteen999 7y agoI go one step further and uninstall all their other browsers so that they have no choice. Just kidding. I do not do this.
- The-Compiler 7y ago> The only browser that I think could make me switch is qutebrowser, though the lack of an adblocker is an obstacle for me. qutebrowser has a built-in adblocker (based on a host blacklist) which works fine for most scenarios. There's also https://gitlab.com/jgkamat/jblock https://gitlab.com/jgkamat/jblock though that's not really supported until extension support is finished.
- alpaca128 7y agoI do already block ads via the /etc/hosts file and it largely works pretty well but it completely fails on YouTube and Reddit. I've read that YT is at best tricky with pihole as well, so for now I just use Firefox for these sites and qutebrowser for most other purposes. But great to know there's some progress.
- The-Compiler 7y agoFWIW I just use a keybinding to open mpv for Youtube. There's also https://github.com/ParticleCore/Iridium https://github.com/ParticleCore/Iridium which can prevent ads (though I'm not sure if it still works, it was broken at some point).
- alpaca128 7y agoThanks for the suggestion, the keybinding for mpv works really well. Definitely better than getting these horrible popups in the middle of the videos.