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Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox (tuta.com)

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

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Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox::Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I tried to bring this up as an issue back on Reddit, and I got downvoted into oblivion.

I think sometimes switching your use agent to Chrome can bypass some issues.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So many tech minded people, but at same time, so many of us fail to consider others POV and priorities.

JUST DON'T VISIT THAT WEBSITE! - sure bro, that means i won't be able to pay the bills this month because the only traditional way of doing this is visiting a physical kiosk at working hour. Did i mention that i gotta work?

Similar with messaging apps.

YOU NEED BETTER FRIENDS LOL - trust me I've tried. i also need to send my resume using this app to whoever interviewing me. no, no email. yes, i tried teling that. no, i won't be that guy preaching about software freedom when all i want is a fucking job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The first sites I really noticed it on were banking sites. Pretty much essential. Then I noticed more and more sites. Switching to chrome based solved it. But it really, really bothers me that I had to resort to that.

Would love to just ignore such sites, but that becomes a pretty big ask... Sigh

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

Where do you live where banking sites don’t follow industry standards, even for web development?

I’ve never had a problem with a website outright not working on Firefox, although in some cases features are restricted which usually just require a user agent change (like huddles on slack).

Do you have concrete examples of websites that outright don’t work on Firefox?

[–] Patches 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

There is an addon that does this automatically.

Some pages load weird like a pop-up on mobile that should take over your view window is a side bar instead. Still fully functional but slightly harder to read.

But you know what makes it way harder to read? Ads

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've visited pages in Chrome without an ad blocker... Almost unusable, my eyes couldn't even focus on what I actually needed to do.

[–] Patches 4 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure if it's better, or worse, than the cancer that was the dot come era. Pop-ups everywhere. Random fucking toolbars. So many toolbars. A clippy version of a titty dancer if you're unlucky.

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

Make sure to only do that temporarily and only if it's absolutely necessary. Otherwise just avoid using said website and look for alternatives.