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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)

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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.

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[-] tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 5 months ago

I use Firefox everywhere which means I have ads blocking everywhere, including and especially on Android. All my tabs are synced and are easily transferred between devices.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 15 points 5 months ago

If we want to be honest, Firefox on Android has way worse performance than Chrome.

(But I still use it instead of Chrome)

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 5 months ago

I use both on a Pixel 7 Pro.
Can't confirm that.

[-] Macros@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago

I use it on a Pixel 5 and even there it is fluid while browsing. Only on Youtube there is the slightest stutter for HD Videos. Heavy sites like Discourse fora or Cryptpad or such work flawlessly.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

TIL Cryptpad.fr is just one instance apparently

Yeah wow nice that’s fantastic

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I use both on a Galaxy Fold 5 and can confirm Chromium based browsers are smoother. Although I still use Waterfox on my phone. I just keep a Chromium based browsers in case a website doesn't work when I visited it using Waterfox.

[-] tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 months ago

It depends I think. I found Chrome to be a tiny bit faster but then ads bogged the page down so most of the time, Firefox is faster for me.

In some very rare cases when I need to disable ads blocking, Chrome is indeed faster but I'd rather abandon websites rather than disable ads blocking.

So if you love ads, Chrome is better. If you hate ads like I do, Firefox is miles ahead.

[-] JWBananas@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

There are other ways to block ads. Adguard does a great job on Android. It establishes a local VPN, so it can do HTTP[S] content filtering in addition to DNS blocking.

[-] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ive been using Firefox on Android for years but it really needs some TLC. It doesn't support scaling to a tablet/desktop UI at all so it doesn't work well in DeX or anything larger than a phone. I also recently had to swap to Brave because I noticed Firefox was draining a lot of battery all of a sudden. There's some kind of leak or running process that isn't sleeping properly. In a few months I'll re-install and try again.

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