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Chrome NERFed the filtering API which limits the effectiveness of ad blockers in Chrome. I think that's the one point of technical superiority that Firefox has
by PaulHoule 11mo ago
Chrome NERFed the filtering API which limits the effectiveness of ad blockers in Chrome. I think that's the one point of technical superiority that Firefox has.
I think Firefox is not alive based on being "a better product" in most respects, it's alive because it's the anti-Chrome, I mean, that's why I run it. In the early 2000s I despaired for the future because I was afraid it would be impossible to browse the web without Internet Explorer and thus, Windows -- Mozilla and Firefox kept hope alive.
Mozilla might not be happy with it but a large chunk of their user base are the kind of anti-big tech people who will explode on Mastodon if you confess that you make an AI generated image once in a while. It might not be rational, but the fury is deep. The thing though is that people's connection to Firefox is not rational it's about wanting to feel you have some choice, control and agency in technology. This article which is the top story on HN expresses this sentiment and it's success shows that a lot of HN users [1] feel this way
https://blog.mathieui.net/this-is-not-the-future.html https://blog.mathieui.net/this-is-not-the-future.html
Firing your customers so that you can get some imaginary new customers is a story that rarely has a happy ending.
[1] who I think like those Mastodonsters are inclined to like technology but want to be in control, like political Linux enthusiasts.
- SirMaster 11mo agoI know it's been nerfed, but honestly I can't say that I really notice a difference using ublock lite on manifest v3 compared to before.
- rixthefox 11mo agoI think the difference is really more noticeable if you're on a limited connection. For example, on Starlink I only have 50 GB to play with. It's entirely ineffective if the browser downloads the ads and only scrubs them out of the view after the fact. Same with anybody using a mobile hotspot over LTE. In those situations bandwidth is super limited (I have 5 GB of hotspot data a month) unless you can convince the carriers to zero-rate data pulled for advertisements (they won't) I'll continue blocking ads before they can be loaded. Edit: and I'm not on some cheap MVNO, I'm paying over $80 a month with AT&T on their post-paid plan. The phone gets unlimited data but any other device I may need to share that connection needs to be as efficient with bandwidth as possible. Only Firefox and derivatives provide proper ad blocking at this time.
- pasttense01 11mo agoSwitch to an AT&T MVNO that gives you a lot more than 5 GB of hotspot for less than $80/month: https://prepaidcompare.net/ https://prepaidcompare.net/
- SirMaster 11mo agoDang that's expensive. I am paying $35/mo and getting 100GB tethering on my AT&T phone plan per month.
- wkat4242 11mo agoAlso, all those ads that are still loading, are still tracking you.
- cindyllm 11mo ago[dead]