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I use these Firefox extensions which provide certain features that are built in on Brave: - uBlock Origin for general content blocking. Brave's filtering use
by _23sd 4y ago
I use these Firefox extensions which provide certain features that are built in on Brave:
- uBlock Origin for general content blocking. Brave's filtering uses EasyList heavily so if those are enabled the results should be similar. Enable a social blocking list to match Brave's social blocking settings.
- CanvasBlocker can get you closer to Brave in anti-fingerprinting at the expense of performance. I don't personally keep it enabled for everyday browsing, but it's there if that's important to you.
- Auto Reader View to automatically enter reader mode like Brave SpeedReader. Difference is you have to enable it per site, which I prefer anyway.
- There are quite a few small Brave QoL features that aren't built in to Firefox, like protecting the ability to copy/paste in text fields and removing URL tracking parameters (Firefox removes some parameters but it's quite limited). For these I like StopTheMadness, which is actively maintained and works on Firefox, Chromium, and Safari. It is paid and Mac-only, however. On other platforms or to get the functionality for free just search the addon store for the stuff you want, for the most part the Firefox addon store has a lot less garbage than Chrome.
- IPFS Companion for IPFS.
- If you use Brave's Tor windows, just get Tor Browser which is Firefox-based and better configured for Tor.
- Firefox's new tab page might seem both barren (no background image or useful widgets) and spammy out of the box...first of all turn off sponsored links and all the Pocket stuff, then if it's too barren try out some extensions that replace the new tab page and see which one you like.
- gnicholas 4y agoThanks, this is super helpful. I do have to agree with the spamminess of the Pocket-sponsored ads on new tabs. Last time I used FF I didn't mind the Pocket stories section, but when I opened up today it was half-full of credit card offers and other undeniable spam (unlike sponsored news stories that I remember from before). I get that they're trying to free themselves from utter dependence on Google search revenue, but boy is this a spammy alternative... I used to leave the Pocket stories on, but now I will definitely be disabling them.