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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought it would be helpful for all the good people of Lemmy World if we shared our browser setups.

I'm mostly a laptop user when it comes to the Internet. I've been using Firefox with the Ublock Origin addon and it makes browsing the web so much less ad filled.

For youtube specifically I've had the best results with Chrome and an extension called Clear Skies for ad skipping.

Share you own browser setup. What do you use to surf the wild waves of the web to avoid the sharks and the sharp rocks?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Plain chromium with uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock and Return YouTube dislike.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I recommend running googerteller. Chromium, even after applying all degoogle policies, using without account, no google search etc, connect to Google every few seconds. Especially when launching the profile chooser, loading the addons, viewing some settings and your password list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What kind of data does it leak?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Googerteller just shows connections.

Maybe there is a traffic analysis, you need to install a custom public https certificate for that and intercept using a middle server. MITM attack so to say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Waterfox on my laptop, using Rehike for YouTube, uBlock origin, and DuckDuckGo privacy essentials not because it does much more than uBlock, but because of the built in unlimited email aliases. Incredibly useful feature.

On mobile I use stock brave since waterfox for iOS isn't out yet, and it collects no directly identifiable information unlike Firefox which for some reason does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kiwi browser (Brave & Firefox on desktop) with: uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock, DeArrow (fights YouTube clickbait thumbs & titles, same dev team as Sponsorblock), Violentmonkey with a few scripts: Google Shut Up, Search cookie auto reject

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I came here to post this same setup. uBlock is a classic and trusted name. The people behind SponsorBlock and DeArrow are doing the Lord's work. I can't imagine life without these addins.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Mobile and Laptop: Brave

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Edge. I simply disable what I don’t use.

And if a site has ads that I can’t ignore, I just close that browser tab.

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