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pop-ups (don't) rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 months ago by hungryphrog to c/196

No, I do not want to find hot singles in my area, I just want to watch my silly little shows!

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[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 41 points 6 months ago

Switch to Firefox. Install Ublock Origin. Never see one again.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

are there browsers even without adblock extensions that allow popups? I thought that was eradicated in mid 00s.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 6 points 6 months ago

Same on chrome, ublock does it's thing.

Also duckduckgo on mobile is pretty ok at it, fandom wikis still pop up videos and shit though

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago

I specifically recommend Firefox because Google's recent changes (depreciating manifest v2) will make UBO less and less effective over time on any Chromium based browser (which is basically every browser you've heard of that isn't Firefox). So if you want the best ad blocking experience, Firefox is the only real option going forward.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

Absolutely right, i forgot that was coming.

[-] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Firefox on mobile also let's you install UBO, it's the only way I watch YouTube nowadays

[-] trouble@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago
[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

iOS uses Safari for webview and does not allow any other browsers, so other "browsers" you see on iOS are just Safari wrapped in different skins. That means their usual extensions wouldn't work.

There's a system-level content blocker feature that can block ads for Safari in iOS, but I don't know if there is anything quite comparable to uBlock Origin available.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

orion browser is webkit based but supports firefox/chromium extensions, so it works with ublock

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

I literally haven't seen a pop-up that I didn't need to manually enable in years. Didn't realize they were still an issue...

[-] hungryphrog 3 points 6 months ago
[-] desktop_user 20 points 6 months ago

Android Firefox supports extensions

[-] hungryphrog 1 points 6 months ago

Well, I'm not on android, so.

[-] drosophila 12 points 6 months ago

My condolences.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago
[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago

Ah yeah scratch what i said. Firefox is the ticket

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