Ask HN: When will we have mobile browser extensions and ad-blocking?

Re:Ask HN: When will we have mobile browser extensions and a... by Normille on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @11:46AM (#23540526)

For several years, I've been running Yandex Browser on Android with uMatrix, uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, BItwarden [password manager] and Privacy Bedger.

What are these "pop-ups" and "ads" you speak of?

Yandex Browser is also Chromium based, so loads faster than Firefox and has an absolute killer text-reflow feature [something Firefox used to have but, in a fit of insanity, got rid of several years ago]. It also supports pretty much any extension from the Chrome Webstore you want to install [and the ones that don't one-click install you can usually sideload in 'Developer Mode'].

Give it a go. Sometimes you've got to look further than the end of your nose for solutions to your problems!

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Re:Ask HN: When will we have mobile browser extensions and a... by gabrielsroka on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @02:55PM (#23542738)

Any concerns about it being Russian? I used to run Dolphin Browser, but I stopped -- there were some privacy concerns.

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Re:Ask HN: When will we have mobile browser extensions and a... by Normille on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @05:04PM (#23544097)

None whatsoever.

I really don't see what difference it makes whether my browsing habits end up in a data silo in Russia [or even China], rather than the USA.

In fact, given the choice, and even if I was up to no good, I'd PREFER the Russians or Chinese to be slurping my data, rather than any of the 'five eyes' nations. I think most three letter agency types are more interested in what their own citizens are up to, rather than worrying about what some nobody in a foreign country is doing.

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