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?
Phone: firefox android with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, and search by image
Laptop: firefox linux with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, search by image, multi-account containers, and flagfoxI recommend Mull and Librewolf for the respective platforms. They are way more private.
Flagfox should not be used, it sends every site you visit to random servers of theirs, which is basically really invasive tracking.
This is the way
Firefox mobile works with Jerboa too for web containers
I didn’t think the account containers worked on mobile
If you’re already using a whole second browser just for YouTube, may I suggest looking into FreeTube? It’s a great YouTube desktop client.
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.
What about privacy?
Some people don’t care. This was posted in technology and the post didn’t specify privacy settings.
You really cant rely on GUI settings at all. Edge cannot be made private very likely.
Using Christitus WinUtil you can remove edge entirely, reinstall the webview afterwards its needed, replace it with Librewolf, Brave, thats basically it.
Odd that you trust Brave but not Edge.
I dont, but Brave at least has no Google and MS tracking and their own stuff seem to be possible to disable entirely via bravs:flags or a policy.
They only have Windows docs though and I use firefox with hardening, compiled myself to work with hardened_malloc
Desktop: (macOS) Orion Browser with uBlock Origin + Consent-o-Matic + Kagi Search, FF with uBlock origin as fallback. Mobile: (iOS/iPadOS) Orion Browser with uBlock Origin + Kagi Search
A 1970’s dumb terminal dialed up through an acoustic coupler to a mainframe running Lynx…
PiHole+:
* Firefox with uBO, Privacy possum, Sponsorblock as primary, BypassPaywallsClean * Brave with shields up and fingerprint resist for when I need chrome, with BypassPaywallsClean and privacy badger.When a site blocks or is otherwise slow on FF, I use Brave. When a site is slow or blocks brave, I use FF. Brave really stays on top their YT ad blocking so they’re a good fallback even if I’m selling my soul to them a bit.
I regularly blow away bookmarks in Brave and reimport from FF to keep all my browsers synced.
If a site doesn’t work in FF, then it doesn’t work in Brave, I’ll open it in vanilla Edge to sanity check but I generally don’t open edge otherwise.
Librewolf with Ublock + privacy redirect
Libredirect is the updated version of privacy redirect
On mobile, I may actually be using libredirect and just misremembered the name, or I might be due for an update. Thanks
Firefox
• Multi-Account Containers
• uBlock Origin
• NoScript
• Cookie AutoDelete
• Link Text and Location Copier
• DownThemAll!I also made multiple Firefox profiles and made desktop shortcuts to launch each profile using these switches:
-P ProfileName
-no-remoteAnd I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.
On KDE you can create a desktop entry with actions so you can launch a profile using right click and the list, very cool
Mobile: (android) mull browser with ublock origin, adguard adblocker, privacy badger along with privacy settings on strict. Also, access youtube using the app tubular. PC: (windows) : Firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.
You dont need adguard, just add its blocklist to ublock origin
Librewolf/Firefox+Arkenfox
Addons:
- Ublock origin
- noscript (default to block everything, trusted still blocks “LAN, other, ping”
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- fingerprint defender (multiple addons)
- add custom search engine
- temporary container, multi account containers
- dark background light text
- undo close tab
- simple tab groups
- offline qr code generator
- libredirect (updated version of privacy redirect)
Android: Mull with my custom Addon collection and mostly the same addons, Firefox Translate installed manually
Use Profiles for different setups, not different browsers.
firefox -p. I have one seperated for Captive portals (doesnt enforce HTTPS) and Netflix (DRM, unhardened because Netflix sucks)Desktop (Personal):
- Browser: Brave
- Extensions used: uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite, AutoplayStopper, Dark Reader, LeechBlock NG, Cookie AutoDelete, Incognito or Not, Off the Record History, Stylus, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read, Unhook, Dictionary Anywhere, Content Blocker, Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results, Indie Wiki Buddy, Uber Simple Bookmark Count, BlockTube, Enhancer for YouTube, ClearURLs, Bypass Paywalls Clean, No Opener, No Phishers, Recipe Filter, Redirect AMP to HTML, Smart HTTPS, Text Area Word-Wrap Fixer, Charcoal: Dark Mode for Messenger, Control Panel for Twitter, Office - Enable Copy and Paste, Return YouTube Dislike, SponsorBlock, and YT Playlist Length - Duration Display
Desktop (Work/School):
- Browser: Microsoft Edge
- Extensions used: Cookie AutoDelete, Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, Bypass Paywalls Clean, AutoplayStopper, Grammarly, Incognito or Not, LeechBlock NG, Off the Record History, Return YouTube Dislike, Twemoji for Chrome, Unhook, YT Playlist Length - Duration Display, uBlock Origin Lite, and Uber Simple Bookmark Count
Mobile:
- Browser: Firefox
- Extensions used: uBlock Origin and Dark Reader
I run Firefox everywhere. If you care about freedom you, dear reader, should too.
On desktop I have these addons installed:
- Allow Right-Click
- Alternate player for Twitch.tv
- Auto-Sort Bookmarks
- Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans
- Bypass Paywalls Clean (D)
- Chameleon
- Don’t track me Google
- Download All Images
- Export Cookies
- F.B Purity
- Fakespot
- FastForward
- FediRedirect
- Firefox Color
- Firefox Relay
- Form History Control (II)
- Image Search Options
- IPvFoo
- Keep or Delete Bookmarks
- LibRedirect
- Linguist - web pages translator
- LocalCDN
- MAL-Sync
- Mastodon - Simplified Federation!
- Minimal Theme for Twitter
- open in mpv
- Plasma Integration
- Reddit Enhancement Suite
- Redirect AMP to HTML
- Return Youtube Dislike
- Search by Image
- See On BoardGameGeek
- Sidebery
- Silk - Privacy Pass Client
- Simple Translate
- Tor Snowflake
- Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
- Tournesol Extension
- TwitchNoSub
- Twitter View Original Images
- uBlock Origin
- Violentmonkey
- Wallabagger
- Web Archives
- webcompat.com reporter
- Wide Github
Violentmonkey scripts:
- Show Metacritic.com ratings
- MAL-Sync Adult
- Automail
- 4chan X
- Show Rottentomatoes meter
- Vencord
- Adalia Fundamentals
- Sci-Hub button
- AdGuard Extra
- Webcomic Reader
- Barefoot Essentials Fork
- OneeChan
- IG Helper
- Eza’s Tumblr Scrape
- Lemmy Universal Link Switcher
- Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass
- AniList Extras
- MoreMovieRatings
- Telegram Media Downloader
- Discord AMOLED Dark Theme
- Tumblr Dashboard
- Twitter: Zoom In Images
- Tumblr HD Video Download Buttons
- Telegram Web - Allow Saving Content
- Twitter Promotion Filter
- Instagram Anonymous Story Viewer
- GoComics control with arrow keys
desktop: Firefox with ublock origin, privacy badger, and “Alternate Player for Twitch TV” (html5 alternate twitch player with ad block)
mobile: Revanced YouTube, YouTube music , and Twitch. Also Xtra as a twitch back up
Firefox with Ghostery add-on, mostly because its built-in cookie-nag blocker. Also use Bitwarden and Dark Reader. Pretty much the same setup on both desktop and mobile.
I have an iphone so, safari.
Laptop is waterfox w/Ublock, 1pass & darkreader.
Waterfox feels very fast & secure to me. I really like it for my laptop.
I’ll have to check out Waterfox. Looks great.
It IS great!
