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If this is the caliber of internet people are dealing with, I really hope some kind local techies are helping to set people up with uBlock Origin (ideally on Fi
by schiffern 2y ago
If this is the caliber of internet people are dealing with, I really hope some kind local techies are helping to set people up with uBlock Origin (ideally on Firefox), ClearURLs to skip unnecessary redirects (I'm assume GEO latencies here), and LocalCDN or DecentralEyes to avoid re-downloading the same libraries and assets over and over. Probably good to add something that defaults Youtube to 360p, and use Pihole for mobile/smart devices.
There are many addons, but I find these are the minimal "set it and forget it" set that makes the most difference.
Personally I would run uBO in at least Medium Mode[1], but I expect that's probably too much for most non-technical users.
Source: I suffered through metered satellite internet for many years.
[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
- pabs3 2y agoFolks should probably use all those things even on less terrible internet.
- kcb 2y agoOr you know...just use that worldwide broadband speed satellite network.
- cluckindan 2y agoPerhaps some people object to using that service.
- oskarkk 2y agoIf they object, they can just not use it. As the article says, the petition for abolishing or reducing the fees of a license needed for Starlink was signed by 70% of the islands' population. I think that the main entity that is objecting is the current satellite ISP monopoly (that probably made a deal with the government that included protecting their monopoly as a condition of their investment).
- schiffern 2y ago>Or you know... Strange to think of it as an either/or choice. All those services block things I want to block for other reasons anyway, and on fast internet they make it even faster.