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Lemmy helping Lemmy World browse the web (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Browser: LibreWolf
Important Settings:
DoH enabled with Quad9 (Max Protection)
Container Tabs are enabled
ResistFingerprinting disabled
Search Engine: searx.be
Extensions:
Bitwarden
Dark Reader
LocalCDN
NoScript
Search by Image
uBlock Origin
Temporary Containers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

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

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

Kiwi browser (Brave & Firefox on desktop) with: uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock, DeArrow (fights YouTube clickbait thumbs & titles, same dev team as Sponsorblock), Violentmonkey with a few scripts: Google Shut Up, Search cookie auto reject

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I came here to post this same setup. uBlock is a classic and trusted name. The people behind SponsorBlock and DeArrow are doing the Lord's work. I can't imagine life without these addins.

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

Waterfox on my laptop, using Rehike for YouTube, uBlock origin, and DuckDuckGo privacy essentials not because it does much more than uBlock, but because of the built in unlimited email aliases. Incredibly useful feature.

On mobile I use stock brave since waterfox for iOS isn't out yet, and it collects no directly identifiable information unlike Firefox which for some reason does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On Linux Desktop, I generally use Librewolf (although I also use Vanilla Firefox and Ungoogled Chromium depending on the use case). I do also modify Librewolf a bit further in about:config, and have styled it to be much more minimal using userChrome.css.

Some of my favorite Extensions include:

I have others, but these are the ones that have been game changers. I also browse using DuckDuckGo Lite which cuts back on the distractions and loads fast. The use of DuckDuckGo Bangs also allows for very fast browsing and getting the info I need quickly.

On my Android phone, I use the Mull, Vanadium, and Vanilla Chromium browsers for various use cases, with Mull being the go to. There are a more limited set of extensions on Mull, but have managed to get it very similar, using uBlock, NoScript, DarkReader, DDG Lite, and have used this filter list with ublock to get pretty much the same effect as ByPass Paywalls.

Obviously, I generally have a very different experience browsing the web than most, and generally am not bombarded by ads as I also use Invidious, NewPipe, SponsorBlock, and yt-dlp (which has a sponsorblock flag btw) to grab any vids/music I want. Hope these resources help someone out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

A uBlock Origin filter is already enabled for bypassing paywalls in LibreWolf by default. So using ByPass Paywalls is mostly unnecesarry.

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

I’m an apple luser so I use safari on mobile for voyager PWA and m.lemmy.world on safari on laptop

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago

I call my secretary and she faxes me screenshots, she cuts out the ads.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ll have to check out Waterfox. Looks great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It IS great!

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Librewolf/Firefox+Arkenfox

Addons:

  • Ublock origin
  • noscript (default to block everything, trusted still blocks "LAN, other, ping"
    • 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)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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-remote

And I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

On KDE you can create a desktop entry with actions so you can launch a profile using right click and the list, very cool

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

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.

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

You dont need adguard, just add its blocklist to ublock origin

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

Librewolf with Ublock + privacy redirect

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Libredirect is the updated version of privacy redirect

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

On mobile, I may actually be using libredirect and just misremembered the name, or I might be due for an update. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

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.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A 1970's dumb terminal dialed up through an acoustic coupler to a mainframe running Lynx...

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