4 bowls of chili before the interview. And deviled eggs. No words necessary.

Just use an ad blocking DNS. It might not block every other domain from connecting but it blocks most of what you want to block.

Try Phoenix for Firefox https://github.com/celenityy/Phoenix

There is something to be said for making modifications instead of forks so you are never waiting for an update.

Here’s my 2 cents: https://github.com/celenityy/Phoenix

And check the link for feature comparisons.

Sure you can go super private with more inconvenience with Graphene but there is a less drastic compromise. I turn off the advertiser id, block ads via DNS, use DDG and Brave for search, and browse via IronFox and Brave.

That way you keep the convenience of Google wallet and other services without the same degree of tracking and even if they get some info you won’t see the ads.

I’m really anxious about what they are doing to F-Droid though.

I use it but it is slow with notifications and I don’t like the way both sides have to agree to deleting or self destruct messages.

No. Wife and kids only use the Big tech apps. I think ads and tracking don’t bother them as much as they do me.

New ubo feature: if page does not grant permission to block ads then entire page is blocked.

When I come across a paywall that is not circumvented by simple script blocking I don’t even bother to try anymore and I remove these suggestions from my feed.

Absolutely. Too bad that even unobtrusive ads still can’t be trusted not to have trackers.

“The growth of dark traffic undermines the ability of publishers to fund the production of quality content, or even operate as a business. We must recognise users are not the main driver causing this.”

“It’s demonetising publisher content at scale without user consent.”

They act like we don’t know what we are doing and want the ads. People who block ads in browsers like ddg and brave choose those browsers for that reason.

I use Firefox with Phoenix on the desktop so the standard profile is just a little less strict than librewolf and the hardened profile is a little more strict. https://github.com/celenityy/Phoenix

I was using (and really liked) Librewolf until I heard that they were having trouble keeping up with Firefox updates. Now I’m using the Phonenix configurations for Firefox and keeping the FF updates separate from the privacy configuration settings. Avoiding forks lets you get the best of both worlds.

https://github.com/celenityy/Phoenix https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix/wiki/Comparison

I auto delete all history after 28 days but I keep tabs open for sites like this that I’m logged into so those cookies aren’t deleted because the history is never that old

Firefox. Hardened via Phoenix https://github.com/neuroradiology/Phoenix-for-Firefox?tab=readme-ov-file

I’ve been on mastodon for 8 years and it’s ok but it can’t catch the masses. It has been paralyzed from advancing by a vocal minority.

It shouldn’t take 6 years to get search and quote posts. They also need optional algorithmic feeds.

Bot?

No mention of phoenix here? I moved from Librewolf over concerns it wasn’t keeping up and this project does much like the arkenfox stuff does by using the current firefox and just changing some settiings and policies so you are never behind the latest version of firefox. Check out their comparisons: https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix/wiki/Comparison#safe-browsing

Same thing happened to me

use another fork if you want, but you don’t have to advertise it. Let Mozilla do what it must to survive and we can use the forks or change the privacy options. I like this myself: https://github.com/celenityy/Phoenix

I used librewolf until there was some concern about them updating in a timely manner.

Now I used Firefox with Phoenix to maybe get the best of both worlds and IronFox on mobile.