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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by matheusmoreira on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:39AM (#27151431)
Yeah the internet is completely different without blockers. I install uBlock Origin on every browser I come across and I've gotten random comments from other users about how everything just seems better for some reason. Firefox supports uBlock Origin on mobile too, people love it when they try it out and find that there's no idiotic YouTube ads anymore.

Firefox should just ship uBlock Origin by default and make it the default experience. Brave browser is already doing that.

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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by blfr on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:09AM (#27151611)
For YouTube on mobile, you can get ad-free experience with their premium tier[1] or YouTube Vanced[2]. Both come complete with background playback and overlay player.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/premium

[2] https://vancedapp.com/

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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by yusi-san on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:37AM (#27151768)
Or on Android you can install NewPipe[0] which is an open source YouTube frond-end without ads too. You can install it from F-Droid[1] or Github releases[2].

[0] : https://newpipe.net/ [1] : https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ [2] : https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases

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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by Marsymars on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:17PM (#27156860)
YouTube Premium makes sense if you're a heavy user of YouTube, but at my level of use, it would make more sense to have a $1-per-video pay-as-you-go model. Or a $5/day pass that doesn't renew would be good too.
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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by iaml on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:00AM (#27152592)
They actually have firefox focus app with integrated adblock, at least on apple devices.
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Re:Ads are impersonating government websites in Google resul... by pawsforapplase on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:39AM (#27154170)
"Firefox" on iOS is just a WebKit reskin; Apple forbids 3rd-party browsers.

Mozilla does their best with Firefox Focus (which is also a "Safari Content Blocker"), but you cannot use normal Firefox extensions on iOS, including ad and script blockers.

I was extremely frustrated to buy an iPhone for privacy, only to find that there is no way to selectively block javascript! They only provide a coarse toggle with Safari.

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