The level of ads on websites has become unbearable and all leading blockers are failing. I am on Safari and none of the 3 top Ad Blockers are working.
What browsers are you using to block ads, and what extensions are working as I am frustrated beyond belief.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
You reminded me of the Stylus extension I use with Brave to kill this site's intrusive flyout banner. It's the only extension I use. Credit elcpu for posting that solution in the Lounge.
At the time I noticed it was only for Chromium-based browsers but now that I looked into it again, it's also available for FF. Opera also. It is not available for Safari.
No problem using both. Safari excels at its integration with everything Apple does, primarily iCloud Keychain, its "strong password generator", and automatically filling in annoying 2FA codes. Brave and FF excel at customization.
You can even export Safari's saved passwords and subsequently import them into Brave, making it easy to alternate between the two. I'm sure there is a way to do that with Firefox also.
Be advised passwords will not be encrypted in transit, but that much ought to be obvious.
Plenty of other browser choices. Dissenter and DuckDuckGo are among those I have some experience with. Arc, Edge, and Opera I have not.
You're welcome. I like Safari also. Actually, I think most browsers are fine. They all have their good points and bad. If you ever run into the Arc browser, it is very different from the rest.
edit: speaking of rest, I think I need some. 😎
I personally like using Vivaldi which is based on Chromium, but is highly customized. Vivaldi includes a built-in ad blocker, or if you want to keep the ads, there is an option to just disable Trackers. I believe Vivaldi automatically blocks a few things automatically, but leaves the main ad blocker & Tracker blocker disabled by default. Vivaldi makes it easy to adjust the blocking of Trackers or Ads on a site per site basis by the security icon on the URL bar. I have no reason to use any browser extensions.
FWIW, the Brave Browser is good at blocking all sorts of online annoyances even without extensions.
For what you describe, Brave is everything Safari should be.
I like Brave. Firefox is actually my default browser. Not because it's the best but because it has a few extensions I really like.
Thanks everyone, I do like Brave, though I really like Safari as well.
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