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Re:Facebook Container for Firefox by bmurphy1976 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:21PM (#16864364)
That's what I do on Android, except I use Brave instead of Chrome/Firefox.

I change the default settings to block all JavaScript by default, and then use the Brave button to whitelist sites I trust and actually want to use.

Browsing the web (especially news sites) on my Android has gone from "a complete nightmare" to "tolerable" because of this.

Re:Facebook Container for Firefox by ttctciyf on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:07AM (#16865837)
Same approach, but I prefer firefox beta + noscript, which allows more fine-grained control (so I can permanently or temporarily enable js from e.g. reddit.com and redditstatic.com, but not googletagservices, amazon-adsystem, etc. .. on the same page.)
Re:Facebook Container for Firefox by freedomben on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @12:33AM (#16864635)
Me too. Brave gave me back the ability to browse the web on mobile.

Now if I could just force pages to load in Brave instead of web view, that'd be amazing.

Related tip: if you open the Google app, menu -> settings -> Accounts & privacy -> disable Open web pages in the Google app, that will fix it for google now links.

Re:Facebook Container for Firefox by sound1 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:07AM (#16866287)
You should try Naked Browser (or NB Pro , their paid app with some extra features). I have been using it for close to 6 years and it is awesome :-) In my opinion it has one of the simplest and nicest UI with features like script blocking. [Disclaimer: I am not associated with the developer in any way]. Ad blocking is sorely missing though.