I thought it would be helpful for all the good people of Lemmy World if we shared our browser setups.

I’m mostly a laptop user when it comes to the Internet. I’ve been using Firefox with the Ublock Origin addon and it makes browsing the web so much less ad filled.

For youtube specifically I’ve had the best results with Chrome and an extension called Clear Skies for ad skipping.

Share you own browser setup. What do you use to surf the wild waves of the web to avoid the sharks and the sharp rocks?

  • Frellwit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    10 months ago

    Just Firefox/Librewolf with uBlock Origin is enough. The more extensions you add, the larger the attack surface and chance of site breakage. A common mistake many do is to add multiple blockers on top of uBO which will decrease uBO’s ability to defuse various anti-adblocks. This also includes addons like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, etc. uBO have good enough privacy protection enabled by default. If you want more, enable some other privacy filter lists. And if you know what you’re doing, enable hard mode by blocking all 3rd party requests and JavaScript.

    If you want to feel more secure when adding more extensions to your browser, then only use Firefox addons that are recommended by Mozilla. Those extensions have gone through a review process to make sure they don’t contain anything malicious.

    If you’re like me and don’t care about recommendations and being able to comment, then use Freetube with sponsorblock enabled.

  • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    If you’re already using a whole second browser just for YouTube, may I suggest looking into FreeTube? It’s a great YouTube desktop client.

  • jan teli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Phone: firefox android with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, and search by image
    Laptop: firefox linux with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, search by image, multi-account containers, and flagfox

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Desktop: Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock (for youtube) + Consent-O-Matic + Tampermonkey w/ YouTube HD script (force 1080p resolution)

    Mobile: Fennec (Firefox fork) + uBlock + Consent-O-Matic, for youtube I’m using NewPipe with Sponsorblock

  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Firefox
    • Multi-Account Containers
    • uBlock Origin
    • NoScript
    • Cookie AutoDelete
    • Link Text and Location Copier
    • DownThemAll!

    I also made multiple Firefox profiles and made desktop shortcuts to launch each profile using these switches:
    -P ProfileName
    -no-remote

    And I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Daily Driver - Vivaldi with any applicable EFF plugins and custom settings aimed at security and privacy.

    2nd Daily Driver (usually on a separate screen) - Firefox configured with any applicable EFF plugins and settings put at the most restrictive and forgetful to facilitate privacy and security.

    Mobile - Literally the same as above to the extent i have the ability to ^^

      • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Tracking mostly. If i need to visit a site that i want to know the absolute minimum about me or my accounts, i use Firefox. Vivaldi is secured well, but I’m logged in to various accounts for convenience there. I have a 3 monitor set up so it’s easy to just have it open on a separate screen.

            • GregorTacTac@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              10 months ago

              A user agent is a string it sends the website you’re connecting to so it can know what rendering engine you have and which browser you use and so on. But, the dark side of user agents is that websites can use this to track you. So, if you don’t want them to do so you can change it either manually or by using a browser extension. I recommend you to make your user agent look like chrome’s, as this is the most popular browser and you will not be tracked as easily.

              • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                I don’t know… Sounds like I’d have to trust another extension to do the user agent stuff in the background… I’m sure that’s a solid solution for a lot of use cases, but i might just keep my method for now.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    On Linux Desktop, I generally use Librewolf (although I also use Vanilla Firefox and Ungoogled Chromium depending on the use case). I do also modify Librewolf a bit further in about:config, and have styled it to be much more minimal using userChrome.css.

    Some of my favorite Extensions include:

    I have others, but these are the ones that have been game changers. I also browse using DuckDuckGo Lite which cuts back on the distractions and loads fast. The use of DuckDuckGo Bangs also allows for very fast browsing and getting the info I need quickly.

    On my Android phone, I use the Mull, Vanadium, and Vanilla Chromium browsers for various use cases, with Mull being the go to. There are a more limited set of extensions on Mull, but have managed to get it very similar, using uBlock, NoScript, DarkReader, DDG Lite, and have used this filter list with ublock to get pretty much the same effect as ByPass Paywalls.

    Obviously, I generally have a very different experience browsing the web than most, and generally am not bombarded by ads as I also use Invidious, NewPipe, SponsorBlock, and yt-dlp (which has a sponsorblock flag btw) to grab any vids/music I want. Hope these resources help someone out.

    • pizzawithdirt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      A uBlock Origin filter is already enabled for bypassing paywalls in LibreWolf by default. So using ByPass Paywalls is mostly unnecesarry.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    FF and uBO have been mentioned many times already, so I’ll say use encrypted DNS with blocking on your browser like Mullvad, Aha Blitz, or ControlD.

  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.oneEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I have an iphone so, safari.

    Laptop is waterfox w/Ublock, 1pass & darkreader.

    Waterfox feels very fast & secure to me. I really like it for my laptop.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    I’m an apple luser so I use safari on mobile for voyager PWA and m.lemmy.world on safari on laptop

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    PiHole+:

     * Firefox with uBO, Privacy possum, Sponsorblock as primary, BypassPaywallsClean
 * Brave with shields up and fingerprint resist for when I need chrome, with BypassPaywallsClean and privacy badger.

    When a site blocks or is otherwise slow on FF, I use Brave. When a site is slow or blocks brave, I use FF. Brave really stays on top their YT ad blocking so they’re a good fallback even if I’m selling my soul to them a bit.

    I regularly blow away bookmarks in Brave and reimport from FF to keep all my browsers synced.

    If a site doesn’t work in FF, then it doesn’t work in Brave, I’ll open it in vanilla Edge to sanity check but I generally don’t open edge otherwise.