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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 month ago

Absolutely right, i forgot that was coming.

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] trouble@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 month ago

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

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Android Firefox supports extensions

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, I'm not on android, so.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago

My condolences.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

orion browser

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah scratch what i said. Firefox is the ticket

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 9 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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 2 points 1 month ago