New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smoother

Re:New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smo... by ImprovedSilence on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:07AM (#33932286)

Couldn’t agree more. I tried to switch to safari awhile back, and loved most of the interface, the snappiness, the open tab view for people like that open a gazillion tabs. But the ads I struggled to get rid of (specifically YouTube commercials) pushed me back to chrome with ublock.

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Re:New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smo... by rpastuszak on Saturday December 10, 2022 @11:40AM (#33934023)

I used to have a "hardcore" setup with ublock origin and pihole (plus a bunch of other tools, a non creepy VPN). Plus, I’m probably more focused on privacy even than the _average_ HN reader, due to the nature of my work, but to be fair, nowadays I’m pretty happy with Adguard (w.custom exclusion lists), Hush and private relay. I don’t see any ads. I do pay for YT however.

It’s not perfect but the balance of effort versus results is pretty good imho. The only thing I really miss is being able to disable JS per site, instead of globally, which Safari doesn’t allow :/

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Re:New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smo... by wffurr on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:44AM (#33932546)

There is a very simple way to get rid of ads on YouTube in any browser…

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Re:New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smo... by ImprovedSilence on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:00AM (#33932670)

Ok. Care to elaborate at all?

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Re:New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smo... by mohon on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:54AM (#33933110)

I think what OP meant is subscribe youtube premium

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