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Excuse me, but what the f#@£? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Firefox app on android. Never seen this before until today. But Firefox is now putting ads in the app?

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not that bad, IMO.

That being said, you sould 100% be using Cromite if you're on android. Not only is its adblocking/antifingerprinting basically state-of-the-art, but its (unfortunately) way faster than firefox.

Killing sideloading might kill it though...

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Just checked out cromite... Had AdbluckPlus in it... Uninstalled it.. Sorry but i dont want a adblocker from a company on my phone...

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

It uses a modified version of its engine and its own filter source. It's not commercial ABP: https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/docs/ADBLOCKING.md

Why was AdBlock Plus used rather than uBlock?

ADB is developed in c++ while uBlock is an extension in javascript. Currently, support for extensions is not active in Android. ADB in Cromite is enhanced with support for cname uncloaking and blocking even in workers (a unique feature of Cromite). Support for "acceptable ads" has been completely removed.

I view this as a huge plus, as (theoretically) a C++ engine is faster than a javascript one.