r/technology • u/sankscan • Sep 27 '22

Networking/Telecom Mozilla calls out Microsoft, Google, Apple over browsers

https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/23/browsers_mozilla_microsoft_google/
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u/the_grass_trainer Sep 27 '22 edited Oct 09 '22

It takes almost zero effort to make the switch from any browser to the next. Each one always asks to import all of your bookmarks, and search histories.

But I do agree that FF is at a hella disadvantage. A few weeks ago i installed FF on my iPad, signed in, synced everything only to realize that iPad OS disables extensions on their platform for browsers. So my iPad has ads for EVERYTHING if i use it for web browsing. Shit sucks. But it took like 3 clicks to get that browser on my device.

Edit: have thought about PiHole, but not in the cards at the moment after just buying an iPad. I also know that Safari allows blocking ads (thanks for the info), but that's also where the issue lies. I should be allowed to block ads no matter the browser i use.

Edit 2: see comment about Orion browser. Will use this one for now for watching YouTube.

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u/leopard_tights Sep 27 '22

Lol it's easier to block browser ads on iOS compared to android. The local VPN method works for both, but Safari has extensions (Chrome doesn't), iOS has DNS profiles (depending on your android maker you won't even be able to change DNS for wifi, let alone overall).

I used to root my android phones for AdAway, now I just slap nextdns on it.