any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
On 7/3/25 01:32, songbird wrote:
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
Try this
https://vivaldi.com/
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
The Chromium-based browsers will soon lose many adblock capabilities due to Manifest V3.
On 7/3/25 01:32, songbird wrote:
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.Try this
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
https://vivaldi.com/
..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
i currently use firefox and have mostly been ok with it.
would like to try something else.
currently running testing.
any that have any filtering capabilities? yt and a few
other sites are intolerable without a decent blocker.
songbird
I do have uBlock Origin installed and working in the browsers as well. Getting used to this and then using my phone on mobile data is a jarring experience!
One of the possible answers was to switch to "uBlock Origin Lite",
which is less capable (it can't "phone home" to update its block lists because Manifest v3 doesn't permit that), but may still be good enough
for most people.
Another answer is to use Firefox. In my case, I'm already doing that.
I run both Firefox *and* Chrome (up until the other day), with one set
of tabs in Firefox, and another set in Chrome. So, I was looking for
a replacement for Chrome that isn't Firefox.
I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock
Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own
built-in ad blocking *by default*, so you don't actually *need* uBlock
Origin to have a satisfactory environment.
I urge people to investigate the various browsers that are out there
and choose for themselves. Everyone's needs are different, so it's
good that there are multiple choices available.
I do have uBlock Origin installed and working in the browsers as well. Getting used to this and then using my phone on mobile data is a jarring experience!
I don't understand. Why don't you install uBlock Origin on your phone?
My answer is to block as much as possible at my router. As I run
OpenWrt for my router, I have the Adblock package installed and running.
This way I get blocking applied for other devices such as our phones and Chromium when it disables uBlock origin.
On Thu, 6 Mar 2025, Nate Bargmann wrote:
My answer is to block as much as possible at my router. As I run
OpenWrt for my router, I have the Adblock package installed and running. This way I get blocking applied for other devices such as our phones and Chromium when it disables uBlock origin.
when i looked up adblock on openwrt i get 4 options
can you give more details
On 2025-03-07, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
I believe David Wright uses some humongous hosts file to block ads on
his computer rather than a brower add-on (if I'm remembering and understanding
correctly).
On Fri, 7 Mar 2025, Greg wrote:
On 2025-03-07, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
I believe David Wright uses some humongous hosts file to block ads on
his computer rather than a brower add-on (if I'm remembering and understanding
correctly).
I do something similar but it's limited. What's the best way of generating the
full humungous file of advertizement servers?
... some humongous hosts file to block ads
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
Pi-hole is your friend https://pi-hole.net/
On 2025-03-08, D MacDougall <dmacdoug@usc.edu> wrote:...
...I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for
years and have found that it's gradually been improving to the
point that I seldom have cause to use any other. Along the way I discovered that they also make a browser.
The browser is free of charge. They have about 3 services that you
can subscribe to by the month or year such as a VPN but they are
entirely separate from the browser. They have a website that
explains everything at length.
https://duckduckgo.com
D MacDougall <dmacdoug@usc.edu> wrote:
On 2025-03-08, D MacDougall <dmacdoug@usc.edu> wrote: =20...
I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for...
years and have found that it's gradually been improving to the
point that I seldom have cause to use any other. Along the way I
discovered that they also make a browser.
The browser is free of charge. They have about 3 services that
you can subscribe to by the month or year such as a VPN but they
are entirely separate from the browser. They have a website that
that explains everything at length.
https://duckduckgo.com
That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word
DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any length?
On Sat Mar 8 13:29:36 2025 debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
D MacDougall <dmacdoug@usc.edu> wrote:
https://duckduckgo.com
That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any length?
Scroll down.
P.S. looking at the HTML source with Ctrl-U, it's all one line. Seriously, who does that?
hobbit:~$ xclip -o | wc
0 2960 44363
44 kilobytes of HTML/CSS/Javascript, all in one. stupid. line. Well,
they found a way to make me stop trying to read their page source,
that's for damned sure.
looking at the HTML source with Ctrl-U, it's all one line. Seriously,
who does that?
That long line of code, might not be completely stupid. It might have some hidden AI thing (that they figure no member of the public would find, due to the length of the line), that starts playing "Rubber Ducky, you're the one", in an indefinite loop, until the web page is closed...
I believe all the major browsers are using Manifest v3 nowadays.
I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock
Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own
built-in ad blocking*by default*, so you don't actually*need* uBlock
Origin to have a satisfactory environment.
On 3/6/25 4:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will
eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock
Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own
built-in ad blocking*by default*, so you don't actually*need* uBlock
Origin to have a satisfactory environment.
Many of my friends keep recommending Brave, but I cannot get past the
fact that their business model is to strip ads from sites and insert
their own ads instead (if the user opts-in to them). It is one thing to provide a free, open source, community-maintained ad blocker, it is
another thing altogether to make it your business model to replace
someone else's ads with your own. I cannot fathom how this could be considered ethical at all.
The browser might provide a good user experience but their business
model is *slimy as hell* and I cannot in good conscience support them in
any way.
On 3/6/25 4:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will
eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock
Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own
built-in ad blocking*by default*, so you don't actually*need* uBlock
Origin to have a satisfactory environment.
Many of my friends keep recommending Brave, but I cannot get past the
fact that their business model is to strip ads from sites and insert
their own ads instead (if the user opts-in to them). It is one thing to provide a free, open source, community-maintained ad blocker, it is
another thing altogether to make it your business model to replace
someone else's ads with your own. I cannot fathom how this could be considered ethical at all.
The browser might provide a good user experience but their business
model is *slimy as hell* and I cannot in good conscience support them in
any way.
On 3/8/25 12:34, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any
length?
Very odd. On my phone I see exactly what you see plus several other
things on the page. One other thing on the page is three small
stacked dashes in the top right corner which, if clicked pulls down a
very complete menu.
Like most websites these days it serves things up in a different
format to different browsers. On a phone things are laid out
vertically, on a computer with a wide screen, things are spread out
across the screen.
I assume you were using a phone since that's what it looked like to me
on my phone except I saw more.
On 3/9/25 1:05 AM, Christopher David Howie wrote:
Many of my friends keep recommending Brave, but I cannot get past the
fact that their business model is to strip ads from sites and insert
their own ads instead (if the user opts-in to them).
Key point: "(if the user opts-in to them)". If the user (myself included) clicks the readily displayed option to opt out, then you get very effective ad blocking, combined with exceptional privacy.
On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 13:39:18 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On Sat Mar 8 13:29:36 2025 debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
D MacDougall <dmacdoug@usc.edu> wrote:
https://duckduckgo.com
That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any
length?
Scroll down.
Interesting. I see *way* more widgets than @howorth is seeing, even
without looking downward.
Across the top, I see the corporate logo, a long entry field for the
search text, a button for chat (with a speech balloon icon next to
it), and a hamburger menu button.
Below that, there's some text in a large font, then a very large
button offering me the opportunity to make DDG my default search
engine.
At the bottom of the page are the words "Learn more", and a round
button with a downward-pointing arrow inside it.
If @howorth is running some kind of ad blocker or client-side content
filter that's altering the contents of the page, it must be a *really* aggressive one.
P.S. looking at the HTML source with Ctrl-U, it's all one line.
Seriously, who does that?
hobbit:~$ xclip -o | wc
0 2960 44363
44 kilobytes of HTML/CSS/Javascript, all in one. stupid. line. Well,
they found a way to make me stop trying to read their page source,
that's for damned sure.
Key point: "(if the user opts-in to them)". If the user (myself
included) clicks the readily displayed option to opt out, then you
get very effective ad blocking, combined with exceptional privacy.
Yes, that defeats their income stream, but so be it; because it
provides what I want in a browser.
By the way, I always use their Private mode, but not their TOR mode.
On 3/30/25 12:30 PM, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:23:04 -0700Yes, but that version does not download from YouTube. I have yt-dlp, so
Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Marc,
I was looking into Brave the other day, but what stopped me was theI've got VDH installed in Brave.
lack of anything to replace Video Download Helper.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-downloadhelper/lmjnegcaeklhafolokijcfjliaokphfk
I can use Brave to find what I want, and then download with yt-dlp. It would be nice to have something in the browser, but yt-dlp works fine
from the command line.
Thanks,
Marc Shapiro
The error message that now displays, is thus;
"
Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service
It looks like you may be using an ad blocker. Video playback is blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled.
Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide.
You can go ad-free with YouTube Premium and creators can still get paid
from your subscription.
Allow YouTube ads
"
I believe that AdBlock Plus, or, one of my ad blockers, has updated in
the last couple of days, so, it could be a retaliatory strike from
youtube, which I believe is owned by one of president donald duck's
mates, in his reign of nastiness.
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