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That moment when you’re stuck with safari because Apple said sideloading is dangerous 🙄
And because you chose to buy an Apple device, when Android or Linux devices are available, for cheaper even...
I bought apple devices because their software support is solid and the user interface is pretty.
But the limitations were not worth the trade off. As there are now decent alternatives and I’m no longer stuck with just android on the phone side of things anymore. There have been quite a few advancements made in the linux phone area.
I now have pixel 3a with ubuntu touch, old thinkpad with linux mint, a steam deck and gaming rig with linux nobara. I got the whole 9-yards. I will using more of linux as time goes on.
How's the battery life with the 3a? I feel like the battery has degraded to hell unless you replaced it but I am curious
I bought it used. The phone lasts me through alight, I would say it has the capacity for 4 hours of screen on time.
Though Ubuntu Touch drains more on standby so often when I'm in the mood to try it I have to replug it in.
Don't mind people blaming you for choosing a brand. Their ire is misplaced, it's the company's fault as much as it's the consumers fault and the consumers should focus their energy in convincing companies to change their ways or loose their loyalty. This petty meaningless victim blaming helps no one.
It would help if you voted with your wallet from now on though.
Yeah I will be buying Linux devices after I run my apple stuff into the ground.
Apple limits choice/repairability and make my favourite little devs jump through hoops through draconian rules. I learned my lesson.
I just bought apple devices because their software support is pretty solid.
Honestly the reason I own and use an old iPad, it was practically the only tablet that could do what I wanted. I used a Mac mini for the better part of five years before I switched to Windows and finally Linux! (It's ok if Linux isn't for you)
I get the appeal, their hardware is very nice and I still wish other manufacturers matched the tolerances Apple sets for their hardware. I just can't buy from a company behaving like that. Also good man using your hardware for as long as reasonably possible! 😁 We only have one earth after all.
Just wanted comment exactly this. Thank you!
To their credit, Safari’s extension support on iOS is reasonably good. Not like Firefox good, but compared to chrome it’s excellent!
Only of you use a IPhone
Well, that's what you get if you choose to be treated like a child by a company
Ublock origin is the best
I do wish Mozilla would remove the proprietary parts of Firefox though
Can you list some of those, I'm curious.
DRM plugin and all the built-in cloud stuff is proprietary on the server side
(the sync can actually be self-hosted and is OSS, the DRM is third-party and proprietary)
I couldn't find a list but here is the source for mull
Which parts of Firefox ares proprietary?
Try Fennec browser, literally Firefox with proprietary parts removed and with access to about:config. Can be found in Fdroid
I use Mull
That's cool but I only use a few on the mobile. Adblock origin and Bitwarden. Guess I should check out what else is out there.
https://addons.mozilla.org/android/addon/amp2html/ is another one especially useful on mobile.
That's one of the links I followed, to realize that I already had it.
Thank you!
Same. Just need the extensions to make mobile browsing usable.
I'm curious what the rest of the world needs.
DarkReader and PrivacyBadger are useful too.
Is the bitwarden extension any different then just the app?
IMO not worth it unless you use a different password manager for stuff outside the browser.
Consent o matic
I don't care about cookies
Bypass paywalls
And extensions to redirect reddit, Twitter, and tiktok Links to alternative frontends
not sure how well the first two are going to work together, given that the first one clicks through the banners to deny as many cookies as possible, while the second one blocks said banners from loading.
I keep meaning to see if SponsorBlock works on mobile now.
Also, just to confirm in case anyone's curious: did you mean uBlock Origin?
Finally tried it, and stress-tested it with an LTT video. It works!
DeArrow, Consent-O-Matic and uBlock are ESSENTIAL.
Consent-O-Matic
If you enable all of the u block filters I think it'll hide all the consent banners.
For me the uBlock Origin cookie notice filters broke many sites (e.g. it feels like it is frozen, blank screen), while consent o matic just fills them out
Ublock origin is enough for me (at least for now) .,
Good news, I have been using them on Mull since a while, quite useful
Flaming hot take that's probably gonna get me downvoted to hell: releasing a new version of Firefox on mobile before there was a high level of extension compatibility killed a lot of the momentum it had going for it.
I know that maintaining two separate codebases is a huge challenge, but having the power of all desktop extensions on mobile was a pretty big draw and being told that only a small fraction of them work probably turned off a lot of people. I kinda wish they just put the old codebase in maintenance mode with bug fixes since it was pretty feature complete while rolling out Fenix as a beta.
Sandboxing also still sucks even after the rewrite, (still no Fission!) which is unacceptable in today's day and age. I say all this as a Firefox diehard on all platforms, but I'm tired of people acting like it's a magic bullet to kill Chrome. It still has a lot of problems, including its resource usage. I'm hoping Servo takes off soon, because that's what made Firefox so fast on desktop even though only a fraction of it was implemented.
/rejerk So glad my furry porn website userscripts work again!
bro they had uBlock tho
Hey Everyone, what are your favourite extensions (either already using or that you are excited to be able to use) and also whats a great example of a website that is most noticeably improved for each that extension?
On android I'm pretty basic:
On PC I'm using some more:
and probably some others I forgot right now. I also try to not use to many addons
Dark reader, ublock origin, sponsorblock, and background video play fix. This mostly improves YouTube.
If you are self hosting front end alternatives like teddit or nitter,, libredirect is a great tool. Now, even when I browse the internet on my tablet, the extension will redirect to my server instance instead
uBlock Origin is a must. Then Stylus with a global-dark userstyle. Very light on resource than Darkreader.
Cookie Auto Delete is a must for me, on Android and desktop
