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pop-ups (don't) rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 40 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Absolutely right, i forgot that was coming.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not iOS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days 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...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm on mobile :|

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Android Firefox supports extensions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well, I'm not on android, so.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

My condolences.

[–] Jumuta 2 points 4 days ago

orion browser

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Ah yeah scratch what i said. Firefox is the ticket

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

My college website uses a pop-up to send me to the library site... just why? I need to allow the pop-up everytime

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They're useful for devs, they can allow for quick settings access without shifting around the UI a whole bunch.

I like them, when they can be closed with escape.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

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