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[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Firefox FTW. The mobile version isn't flawless (it feels memory-leaky, in that it gets worse the longer you're browsing, and it's not great on lower-end phones) but it's worth it for mobile adblock.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

memory-leaky

The desktop version assuredly is. I finally had to restart my machine because firefox had piled up 70gb of ram.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You may want to check about:performance next time. I've had hundreds of tabs open for months before without an issue. I'd wager you've got a broken addon.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm burning this machine down soon and reinstalling. But yeah. Its weird.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you use a single Google influenced product, you’re an idiot.

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The whole internet is Google-influenced.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And you're using it???
Idiot.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Like android phone?

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm trying to use DDG but I find more often than I like I have to !g.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, can you give an example of a search that ddg failed at and Google succeeded?

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well…. You’re looking for a title. It shows at the top of both. Both succeed. You can hit videos and get videos on both. You can hit images and get images. I see nearly the same results on both.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

wait what's ddg? I'm newer been lurkin a while but wanna get jolla phone next but really need to degoogle like sooner but need to do slowly

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

duck duck go search engine

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

DuckDuckGo.com. They also have a very good mobile browser. The desktop browser is a little meh compared to the vast competition.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

I've tried not big fan I use firefox but I can't recall the Russian search engine and don't wanna look into cause tbh I'm lazy and sed profile they want me I ain't hard to find LoL

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I haven't tested MV3 ad blockers on Chrome because it was easier to just switch to Firefox back when Chrome first made MV2 disabled by default.

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

gotcha yeah I've tried it not biggest fan of it but tried lots on firefox but never can remember russian search is it yandex or some shit and well fuck putin him and trump and well a few others in a rocketship no controls onboard fired into the sun and tracked until in flames