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Re:The 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers by pcwalton on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:23PM (#38495847)
Don't use a fork and don't customize your user.js. It is exceedingly unlikely that excess power consumption is caused by anything you can easily tweak. Instead report issues to Mozilla.
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Re:The 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers by PrimeMcFly on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:47PM (#38495969)
Very bad advice.

Some forks have clear advantages, are well maintained and trustworthy.

There are numerous reasons to maintain a user.js file also, not just performance reasons.

Indeed, report issues to Mozilla directly, but that isn't inconsistent with using a fork and maintaining a user.js

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