Uninstall Chrome.

[technomancy@hey.hagelb.org]

@Footle @mhoye @mhcat think it's more like

• install Firefox
• Uncheck the AI pref
• No really uncheck all the AI prefs
• Uncheck the advertising ones too
• Set a monthly reminder to uncheck them all again later, and uncheck whatever new ones got added since

(still way better than Chrome obvs)

[dacmot@sunny.garden]

@sol_hsa edge

May I recommend something less intrusive and non-consensual, yet, in my admittedly narrow personal experience, very compatible?

@mhoye

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@elebertus But when you can show them what adblocked internet looks like, it's like giving them clean running water for the first time.

[aerique@genart.social]

@mhoye It's an acquired taste but also try to get used to using @noscript.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@aerique @noscript Noscript is a godsend on low-resource machines.

I've also got an extensive pile of uBlock bonus content here - gist.github.com/mhoye/dcc2c2febeba230ca7ceb25c970390a1 - that makes life a lot more pleasant.

[hans@mastodon.hansup.be]

@mhoye or Vivaldi? Chrome based but AI free.

[mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca]

@mhoye I've never understood why so any people switched to Chrome in the first place. I've been using Firefox consistently since the 90s on my personal devices.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@mpjgregoire There was a period of a few years there when literally everyone who did a Google search was given a popup to download and install Chrome, with the claim that it was a faster browser.

(And in truth for a long time it was. Firefox was very complacent for a long time.)

[joshisanonymous@h4.io]

@mhoye @mpjgregoire Speed was why I used it for a while. I stopped when they decided to undermine adblockers.

[tasket@infosec.exchange]

@mhoye And what are users going to do about Mozilla's "anonymized" ad tracking?

Waterfox and Librewolf are preferable.