Re:Improving Firefox Responsiveness on macOS
by BolexNOLA on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:31PM
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So I’m an usual user here - I’m tech savvy compared to most people (film/television background and just a general nerd) but I am a Luddite compared to y’all around here.
I imagine it’s not hard to set up, but what does it give me that ad guard + proton + brave (mobile) and proton + brave w/ uBlock origin (Mac) don’t?
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Re:Improving Firefox Responsiveness on macOS
by synicalx on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:48PM
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Yeah its super easy to set up, but the biggest reason you would want to use it in addition to other adblocking stuff is that it works outside of browsers - you can block telemetry from your smart lights, you can stop a random app on your phone from showing you ads etc etc.
It does in theory also help block some malicious sites so you do get a bit of added security in that way. That can also be helpful if you have kids - block sites you don't want them on etc.
Personally I've also found their servers to be reasonably performant, no issues with query response times or anything like that.