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pop-ups (don't) rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

No, I do not want to find hot singles in my area, I just want to watch my silly little shows!

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[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 40 points 4 days ago

Switch to Firefox. Install Ublock Origin. Never see one again.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

are there browsers even without adblock extensions that allow popups? I thought that was eradicated in mid 00s.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

Same on chrome, ublock does it's thing.

Also duckduckgo on mobile is pretty ok at it, fandom wikis still pop up videos and shit though

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago

I specifically recommend Firefox because Google's recent changes (depreciating manifest v2) will make UBO less and less effective over time on any Chromium based browser (which is basically every browser you've heard of that isn't Firefox). So if you want the best ad blocking experience, Firefox is the only real option going forward.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

Absolutely right, i forgot that was coming.

Firefox on mobile also let's you install UBO, it's the only way I watch YouTube nowadays

[-] trouble@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago
[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

iOS uses Safari for webview and does not allow any other browsers, so other "browsers" you see on iOS are just Safari wrapped in different skins. That means their usual extensions wouldn't work.

There's a system-level content blocker feature that can block ads for Safari in iOS, but I don't know if there is anything quite comparable to uBlock Origin available.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

orion browser is webkit based but supports firefox/chromium extensions, so it works with ublock

[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I literally haven't seen a pop-up that I didn't need to manually enable in years. Didn't realize they were still an issue...

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago
[-] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 4 days ago

Android Firefox supports extensions

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago

Well, I'm not on android, so.

[-] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago

My condolences.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

orion browser

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Ah yeah scratch what i said. Firefox is the ticket

[-] drew_belloc@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago

My college website uses a pop-up to send me to the library site... just why? I need to allow the pop-up everytime

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago

They're useful for devs, they can allow for quick settings access without shifting around the UI a whole bunch.

I like them, when they can be closed with escape.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
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