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by immibis 582 days ago
Ad blockers :)

Why isn't there a browser which you can just install to have a good Internet experience? It would have to update itself every day with a new definition of "good" due to the arms race with advertisers.

It would have to block all ads and trackers and other bad JavaScript; automatically redirect YouTube to Invidious and so on, while seamlessly keeping all YouTube features; automatically open the chronological tab instead of the recommended tab on most social media; be blatantly illegal to possess; and update itself through Tor so nobody can do anything about it.

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Librewolf is pretty much that.

Firefox with stupid features turned off, all privacy settings to the max, uBlock Origin and no other customizations.

All of that war can be ended legally in a day. The solution is not technological.