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I love Firefox, but for some reason I can't pull away from Brave at the moment for my daily driver. Time will tell how long they can hold out against the change

I love Firefox, but for some reason I can't pull away from Brave at the moment for my daily driver. Time will tell how long they can hold out against the changes that will eventually filter into chromium. I see the future of adblocking etc being put back to the network side, things like piHole should get a 'new' lease of life.

cik 3y ago
I do both. I block at the network level with pihole, and then engage in in-browser blocking. Sadly, the combination is necessary.
- HenryBemis 3y ago
  I always suggest (not affiliated in any way - just been using their HOSTS for sooooo many years) the "https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/" for my HOSTS file.
  - bilekas 3y ago
    While I would always advise against copy pasting from the web to your win host file, this actually looks like a really nice list to block.
jackjeff 3y ago
> things like piHole should get a 'new' lease of life. You could never implement what ublock origin does with simple DNS blocking. The way ublock origin works is by going after cross domain requests. But I imagine an HTTP proxy of some kind could do it. You’d get slightly higher latency (because you’d have to parse the HTML doc twice) But installing a chrome extension is piece of cake. Setting up a “pi hole” or proxy will never be as easy. So if even a few percent of users don’t bother, then Google makes more money selling ads. $$ That’s all that matters really. We’re taking about a company that stopped innovating and releasing new products eons ago. They’re just milking what they have until it dies.
- jamespo 3y ago
  I've considered the HTTP proxy (anyone remember the fantastic proxomitron?), the problem is it would have to MITM all the HTTPS.
  - pferde 3y ago
    ...and interpret all the javascript. Web people love hiding their html behind javascript these days.
7373737373 3y ago
Pi-hole will never be an option for the 99.99%
- tclover 3y ago
  Pi-hole doesn't work for youtube ads unfortunately
jacooper 3y ago
Brave won't be affected because brave shields aren't an extension and don't depend on the extension API.
- rekoil 3y ago
  Brave also won't be affected simply because they will maintain support for the specific APIs that Google removed in Web Manifest v3.

cik 3y ago

I do both. I block at the network level with pihole, and then engage in in-browser blocking. Sadly, the combination is necessary.

HenryBemis 3y ago
I always suggest (not affiliated in any way - just been using their HOSTS for sooooo many years) the "https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/" for my HOSTS file.
- bilekas 3y ago
  While I would always advise against copy pasting from the web to your win host file, this actually looks like a really nice list to block.

jackjeff 3y ago

> things like piHole should get a 'new' lease of life. You could never implement what ublock origin does with simple DNS blocking. The way ublock origin works is by going after cross domain requests. But I imagine an HTTP proxy of some kind could do it. You’d get slightly higher latency (because you’d have to parse the HTML doc twice) But installing a chrome extension is piece of cake. Setting up a “pi hole” or proxy will never be as easy. So if even a few percent of users don’t bother, then Google makes more money selling ads. $$ That’s all that matters really. We’re taking about a company that stopped innovating and releasing new products eons ago. They’re just milking what they have until it dies.

jamespo 3y ago
I've considered the HTTP proxy (anyone remember the fantastic proxomitron?), the problem is it would have to MITM all the HTTPS.
- pferde 3y ago
  ...and interpret all the javascript. Web people love hiding their html behind javascript these days.

7373737373 3y ago

Pi-hole will never be an option for the 99.99%

tclover 3y ago
Pi-hole doesn't work for youtube ads unfortunately

jacooper 3y ago

Brave won't be affected because brave shields aren't an extension and don't depend on the extension API.

rekoil 3y ago
Brave also won't be affected simply because they will maintain support for the specific APIs that Google removed in Web Manifest v3.