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hlthe2b

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1. Yeah and despite using it for many years, knowing how to configure inadvertent

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2022, 10:26 AM

Dec 2022

blocks of photos, videos, websites (as well as with my own ad-blockers or internet security packages), I am increasingly finding some sites just won't work on Firefox, yet MS Edge and Chrome work every time.

I have so depended on Firefox and really don't like the interphase of Edge and Chrome, but still...

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It's the season of giving, so I'm giving up on Firefox in favor of Chromium [View all] bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 OP

Yeah and despite using it for many years, knowing how to configure inadvertent hlthe2b Dec 2022 #1

I suggest getting adblocking "hosts.txt" file. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #2

Another option for the technically adventurous: pi-hole HuskyOffset Dec 2022 #7

now this interesting. i will bookmark Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #8

I refuse to buy or use any Google product Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #3

Do you have enough memory? SmartJellyfish Dec 2022 #4

I was about to say the same packman Dec 2022 #5

oops! 4G here, but only 39 tabs currently Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #20

The one thing that keeps me on Firefox TlalocW Dec 2022 #6

I just put a reply up in this thread about Vivialdi MichaelSoE Dec 2022 #10

Gotta be an add-on for that functional feature bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #11

I use Vivaldi which is a chrome based browser with it's own modifications MichaelSoE Dec 2022 #9

I've installed Vivaldi bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #16

Sounds more like some sort of problem PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #12

Has Chromium got anything to do with Chrome? nt LAS14 Dec 2022 #13

Well yes, they're almost twins bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #15

Browsers, not metals? Are they both Google? nt LAS14 Dec 2022 #17

Yes, Google bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #18

Firefox has always been garbage ItsjustMe Dec 2022 #14

I removed all the extensions and FF loaded quickly LeftInTX Dec 2022 #19