Firefox (and its forks) with uBlock Origin.
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025
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Same!!!
Firefox, uBlock Origin
This is the way!
The classic combo
Firefox and uBlock Origin. Hard requirement for all platforms but iOS, which doesn't allow alternative browsers. Still, ad blocking has come a long way since I started using iOS, and we have uBlock Lite now, which I think is what Chrome users get on computers? It's system wide and it works well. I have a few other ad blockers I can cycle between (you shouldn't combine them), including Wipr2 and AdGuard. Wipr2 is one of the best Apple-ecosystem ad blockers, but I'm using uBlock because I like the brand and so far it's been fine. Used AdGuard before. If uBlock fails me on iOS, I won't fault it (the blame would lie with iOS) and I'll happily go back to Wipr2. And I use Safari on iOS, though I also have Firefox installed, synced to my work Firefox profile, for reasons.
I have Safari on my Macs (I don't think it can be removed?) and it's kinda dogshit, but I use it from time to time. A couple things work better with Safari. Like if you want to do online ordering, being able to use Apple Pay on the MacBook is awesome. I don't think Firefox can use the fingerprint reader.
Why is Safari dogshit? I think its pretty good. Edit: Its a whole lot better than Edge
Firefox honestly. It's the least consistently shit one in my experience lol, all others I tried started out good and went downhill to unusable astronomically fast, firefox has maintained the level of barely servicile consistently
In terms of extensions, I have: ublock, sponsorblock, dark background light text, autofullscreen, and no tabs
@umbrellacloud #Vivaldi is the goat. Only one extension is needed (KeepassXC), everything else I want is built in.
I’m really impressed with Vivaldi. It’s fast, has good privacy features, and is really user-friendly. I’m so glad someone told me about it.
Safari with Wipr, Noir & StoptheMadness extensions.
Firefox and it's stayed that way since version 1, not just right now. uBlock Origin or Ad Nauseum for ad blocking depending on my mood. Privacy Badger for tracking protection. Sponsorblock to skip paid promotions on youtube. Don't Fuck With Paste to prevent paste fuckery. Bypass Paywalls Clean (unlisted by Mozilla) to bypass paywalls. Tampermonkey for custom page editing. Dark Reader for making sites dark when they don't autodetect my preference.
I’ve never heard of Bypass Paywalls Clean!
Yeah it got delisted by Mozilla a few years back, I think for being too good at it's job and thus bringing heat from paywall site operators. But also the dev is I think Russian so there might be some politics or trust issues there. I've seen the code, doesn't worry me, I manually install from the author's github. But of course, end user beware.
Brave+Bitwarden No need for extensions for ad blocking.
Not even NoScript?
I've never really needed that, tbh.
What do you mean?
I have never needed to use NoScript and the browser blocks ads without the need for an extension.