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[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Firefox FTW. The mobile version isn't flawless (it feels memory-leaky, in that it gets worse the longer you're browsing, and it's not great on lower-end phones) but it's worth it for mobile adblock.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

memory-leaky

The desktop version assuredly is. I finally had to restart my machine because firefox had piled up 70gb of ram.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You may want to check about:performance next time. I've had hundreds of tabs open for months before without an issue. I'd wager you've got a broken addon.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah I'm burning this machine down soon and reinstalling. But yeah. Its weird.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I haven't tested MV3 ad blockers on Chrome because it was easier to just switch to Firefox back when Chrome first made MV2 disabled by default.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If you use a single Google influenced product, you’re an idiot.

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The whole internet is Google-influenced.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And you're using it???
Idiot.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Like android phone?

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm trying to use DDG but I find more often than I like I have to !g.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, can you give an example of a search that ddg failed at and Google succeeded?

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 4 points 2 days ago

Well…. You’re looking for a title. It shows at the top of both. Both succeed. You can hit videos and get videos on both. You can hit images and get images. I see nearly the same results on both.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

wait what's ddg? I'm newer been lurkin a while but wanna get jolla phone next but really need to degoogle like sooner but need to do slowly

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

duck duck go search engine

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

DuckDuckGo.com. They also have a very good mobile browser. The desktop browser is a little meh compared to the vast competition.

I've tried not big fan I use firefox but I can't recall the Russian search engine and don't wanna look into cause tbh I'm lazy and sed profile they want me I ain't hard to find LoL

gotcha yeah I've tried it not biggest fan of it but tried lots on firefox but never can remember russian search is it yandex or some shit and well fuck putin him and trump and well a few others in a rocketship no controls onboard fired into the sun and tracked until in flames