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> Let's not talk about privacy (because there is no point in talking about it: Firefox is eons more private than Chrome - or any of it's based browsers - can ev

by jorvi 2y ago

> Let's not talk about privacy (because there is no point in talking about it: Firefox is eons more private than Chrome - or any of it's based browsers - can ever be) Firefox with its default settings is both less private and less secure than Brave. On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. It’s best to say nothing if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

maverick74 2y ago
yeap... i really don't know what i'm talking about, how would I... I also don't like to go with the flock... and... how cares about the defaults? You have the options you should care to configure things for yourself. if you don't know how you should search and instruct yourself to do it. About iOS... Have you even considered that Apple has forced their rendering engine ( https://gprivate.com/6btxx https://gprivate.com/6btxx ) and that alone makes it impossible to have an adblocker - yeah... apple is THAT great!!! (in fact, their products are the best of the best. You should keep using them...) but then again... i don't know what i'm talking about, do I!!! (also... you should learn how to be polite to others!!!)
- jorvi 2y ago
  You are misleading people into making insecure choices. Go check Brave on iOS right now and tell me that it doesn’t have adblocking. Given that, telling you to be quiet is about as polite as it gets.
DEADMINCE 2y ago
Brave with its default settings is both less private and less secure than LibreWolf. > On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. Blame Apple.
- account42 2y ago
  Mozilla deserves some of the blame for misleading users into thinking that Firefox is available on iOS when all they really provide is a Safari reskin.
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    Not really. That's all Apple. Mozilla wants to try and provide the UI and experience and are doing so as best they can to satisfy their users requesting it.
  - tristan957 2y ago
    The average user doesn't care about the underlying browser engine. Why should Mozilla add that to their advertising when no other browser maker on iOS is?
    - jorvi 2y ago
      Err.. most other browsers on iOS do have an adblocker built in. It’s solely Mozilla dumping their users out in the cold. These days ads are an attack vector. I’d never let my parents browse the web without a blocker.
      - DEADMINCE 2y ago
        Not real adblocking. If you care about your parents, get them a better device.
      - tristan957 2y ago
        The two most popular browsers on iOS do not support ad blocking, unless there's something I'm not aware of. I've never seen an ad blocker in iOS Safari or Chrome. Firefox on iOS has tracking protection which can block some ads if you believe the description of the setting.
- jorvi 2y ago
  > Blame Apple. Blame Mozilla. Most iOS browsers have built-in adblocking.
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    No. Exit the RDF please. Apple and only Apple prevent you having choice over what browser engine to install.
    - jorvi 2y ago
      Yes. Like, you are a laughably wrong. I can literally see the Brave “shield” icon staring right back at me right there in the bottom right of the screen.
      - DEADMINCE 2y ago
        I guess you must be in the EU and on iOS 17.4 or later. I forgot the Apple were forced to allow other browser engines to be installed in the EU recently. But aside from that recent exception, no one ever had anything except Safari on iOS, even if they thought otherwise.
        jorvi 2y ago
        Nope. Been adblocking on iOS in Brave since iOS.. 14? Maybe 13 or 15. You should really do your research.
        DEADMINCE 2y ago
        You've been hiding ads, sure. You haven't been blocking them, because iOS with Safari didn't allow that. Hiding, and blocking, are not the same thing. The former is far less secure than the latter. As for blocking ads on iOS with Brave, well, it really doesn't work that well[0]. Why? Because iOS doesn't let you block ads, unless you are in the EU and on 17.4 or later. You should exit the RDF and really do at least a bare minimum of research. [0] https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-ios/321356 https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-...

by jorvi 2y ago

maverick74 2y ago

yeap... i really don't know what i'm talking about, how would I... I also don't like to go with the flock... and... how cares about the defaults? You have the options you should care to configure things for yourself. if you don't know how you should search and instruct yourself to do it. About iOS... Have you even considered that Apple has forced their rendering engine ( https://gprivate.com/6btxx https://gprivate.com/6btxx ) and that alone makes it impossible to have an adblocker - yeah... apple is THAT great!!! (in fact, their products are the best of the best. You should keep using them...) but then again... i don't know what i'm talking about, do I!!! (also... you should learn how to be polite to others!!!)

jorvi 2y ago
You are misleading people into making insecure choices. Go check Brave on iOS right now and tell me that it doesn’t have adblocking. Given that, telling you to be quiet is about as polite as it gets.

DEADMINCE 2y ago

Brave with its default settings is both less private and less secure than LibreWolf. > On iOS, Firefox has refused for years to implement an adblocker. Blame Apple.

account42 2y ago
Mozilla deserves some of the blame for misleading users into thinking that Firefox is available on iOS when all they really provide is a Safari reskin.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  Not really. That's all Apple. Mozilla wants to try and provide the UI and experience and are doing so as best they can to satisfy their users requesting it.
- tristan957 2y ago
  The average user doesn't care about the underlying browser engine. Why should Mozilla add that to their advertising when no other browser maker on iOS is?
  - jorvi 2y ago
    Err.. most other browsers on iOS do have an adblocker built in. It’s solely Mozilla dumping their users out in the cold. These days ads are an attack vector. I’d never let my parents browse the web without a blocker.
    - DEADMINCE 2y ago
      Not real adblocking. If you care about your parents, get them a better device.
    - tristan957 2y ago
      The two most popular browsers on iOS do not support ad blocking, unless there's something I'm not aware of. I've never seen an ad blocker in iOS Safari or Chrome. Firefox on iOS has tracking protection which can block some ads if you believe the description of the setting.
jorvi 2y ago
> Blame Apple. Blame Mozilla. Most iOS browsers have built-in adblocking.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  No. Exit the RDF please. Apple and only Apple prevent you having choice over what browser engine to install.
  - jorvi 2y ago
    Yes. Like, you are a laughably wrong. I can literally see the Brave “shield” icon staring right back at me right there in the bottom right of the screen.
    - DEADMINCE 2y ago
      I guess you must be in the EU and on iOS 17.4 or later. I forgot the Apple were forced to allow other browser engines to be installed in the EU recently. But aside from that recent exception, no one ever had anything except Safari on iOS, even if they thought otherwise.
      - jorvi 2y ago
        Nope. Been adblocking on iOS in Brave since iOS.. 14? Maybe 13 or 15. You should really do your research.
        DEADMINCE 2y ago
        You've been hiding ads, sure. You haven't been blocking them, because iOS with Safari didn't allow that. Hiding, and blocking, are not the same thing. The former is far less secure than the latter. As for blocking ads on iOS with Brave, well, it really doesn't work that well[0]. Why? Because iOS doesn't let you block ads, unless you are in the EU and on 17.4 or later. You should exit the RDF and really do at least a bare minimum of research. [0] https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-ios/321356 https://community.brave.com/t/is-brave-even-blocking-ads-on-...