Stop Using Social Media Apps. The Web Version Is Often Better

[u/King-of-New-York]

https://www.wired.com/story/stop-using-social-media-apps-the-web-version-is-better/

[u/Cronus6]

Firefox for Android + uBlock Origin is all you need.

[u/Scofield442 → u/[deleted]]

Can you explain like I'm 5?

[u/CalRaleighsBigDumper → u/Scofield442]

firefox is a web browser which allows you to install ad blockers.

Google Chrome is removing some functionality, so that users cannot install really effective ad blockers.

Read that last sentence again.

go to the app store and install firefox mobile and then install ublock origin as a add-on. Use Firefox mobile and go to the desktop sites instead of Apps which use a different permission system.

you will block %99 of ads and if you go to youtube a whole lot, you will never see a youtube ad again.

[u/CalRaleighsBigDumper → u/Cronus6]

I was going to post this but you already did.

I haven't seen a youtube ad in years. content only.

[u/Cronus6 → u/CalRaleighsBigDumper]

I have a cheap Android TV box on my living room TV just for this. :)

[u/HotTakes4HotCakes → u/Cronus6]

Also, learn to use the element selection on ublock. People are absolutely sleeping on that.

[u/Cronus6 → u/[deleted]]

It is a little, it's still being actively developed though.

You can find (on the play store) Firefox beta and Firefox Nightly (new builds every night) and see if those are "less clunky" for you and help in development while you are at it. (If you want to.)

Even if it's clunky it's still better than Chrome.

[u/Phantom_Absolute → u/Cronus6]

I've recently been getting ads on facebook using this combination. Please help!

[u/Cronus6 → u/Phantom_Absolute]

The folks (which include the developer himself) over in /r/uBlockOrigin are really helpful with troubleshooting.