Reminder to switch browsers if you haven’t already!


  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
  • Scrollone@feddit.it
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    9 个月前

    If we want to be honest, Firefox on Android has way worse performance than Chrome.

    (But I still use it instead of Chrome)

      • Macros@feddit.de
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        9 个月前

        I use it on a Pixel 5 and even there it is fluid while browsing. Only on Youtube there is the slightest stutter for HD Videos. Heavy sites like Discourse fora or Cryptpad or such work flawlessly.

      • sheogorath@lemmy.world
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        9 个月前

        I use both on a Galaxy Fold 5 and can confirm Chromium based browsers are smoother. Although I still use Waterfox on my phone. I just keep a Chromium based browsers in case a website doesn’t work when I visited it using Waterfox.

    • tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 个月前

      It depends I think. I found Chrome to be a tiny bit faster but then ads bogged the page down so most of the time, Firefox is faster for me.

      In some very rare cases when I need to disable ads blocking, Chrome is indeed faster but I’d rather abandon websites rather than disable ads blocking.

      So if you love ads, Chrome is better. If you hate ads like I do, Firefox is miles ahead.

      • JWBananas@lemmy.world
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        9 个月前

        There are other ways to block ads. Adguard does a great job on Android. It establishes a local VPN, so it can do HTTP[S] content filtering in addition to DNS blocking.

        • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9 个月前

          Can’t use my VPN and adguard at the same time iirc, unless android has two active VPN “slots” now. Can’t bring a pihole with me 24/7 either as much as I would like to.