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by Blasters 1433 days ago
it has changed user.js with build in ublockO and removed bloat like pocket.

there is no point in manually deleting cache since it's wiped when closed (you can also change that in Firefox)

it is better Firefox

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there is no point in manually deleting cache since it's wiped when closed

I used to think this as well but bleachbit shows me every time I close my browser there is much to be cleaned. I launch firefox using firejail and then when firejail exits it calls bleachbit. Even if I use "History" -> "Clear recent history" and select "Everything" there is still a lot of crud to remove. Try it out if you have some spare time.

There's even a few things that bleachbit misses by default such as moz_historyvisits in places.sqlite and files in the datareporting directory that get created even if ff is told not to create them.

those are cache from the browser itself = not relevant for websites. just checked myself and they are always the same 3 files for every user with the same hash.

bugzilla.Mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1489817

Tor browser uses the same system btw