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I call my secretary and she faxes me screenshots, she cuts out the ads.

If you're already using a whole second browser just for YouTube, may I suggest looking into FreeTube? It's a great YouTube desktop client.

Just Firefox/Librewolf with uBlock Origin is enough. The more extensions you add, the larger the attack surface and chance of site breakage. A common mistake many do is to add multiple blockers on top of uBO which will decrease uBO's ability to defuse various anti-adblocks. This also includes addons like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, etc. uBO have good enough privacy protection enabled by default. If you want more, enable some other privacy filter lists. And if you know what you're doing, enable hard mode by blocking all 3rd party requests and JavaScript.

If you want to feel more secure when adding more extensions to your browser, then only use Firefox addons that are recommended by Mozilla. Those extensions have gone through a review process to make sure they don't contain anything malicious.

If you're like me and don't care about recommendations and being able to comment, then use Freetube with sponsorblock enabled.

Phone: firefox android with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, and search by image
Laptop: firefox linux with ublock origin, darkreader, privacy badger, ruffle, search by image, multi-account containers, and flagfox

Desktop: Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock (for youtube) + Consent-O-Matic + Tampermonkey w/ YouTube HD script (force 1080p resolution)

Mobile: Fennec (Firefox fork) + uBlock + Consent-O-Matic, for youtube I'm using NewPipe with Sponsorblock

Firefox
• Multi-Account Containers
• uBlock Origin
• NoScript
• Cookie AutoDelete
• Link Text and Location Copier
• DownThemAll!

I also made multiple Firefox profiles and made desktop shortcuts to launch each profile using these switches:
-P ProfileName
-no-remote

And I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.

Daily Driver - Vivaldi with any applicable EFF plugins and custom settings aimed at security and privacy.

2nd Daily Driver (usually on a separate screen) - Firefox configured with any applicable EFF plugins and settings put at the most restrictive and forgetful to facilitate privacy and security.

Mobile - Literally the same as above to the extent i have the ability to ^^

Librewolf/Firefox+Arkenfox

Addons:

• Ublock origin
• noscript (default to block everything, trusted still blocks "LAN, other, ping"
• • fingerprint defender (multiple addons)
• add custom search engine
• temporary container, multi account containers
• dark background light text
• undo close tab
• simple tab groups
• offline qr code generator
• libredirect (updated version of privacy redirect)

Android: Mull with my custom Addon collection and mostly the same addons, Firefox Translate installed manually

Use Profiles for different setups, not different browsers. firefox -p. I have one seperated for Captive portals (doesnt enforce HTTPS) and Netflix (DRM, unhardened because Netflix sucks)

FF and uBO have been mentioned many times already, so I’ll say use encrypted DNS with blocking on your browser like Mullvad, Aha Blitz, or ControlD.

A 1970's dumb terminal dialed up through an acoustic coupler to a mainframe running Lynx...

On Linux Desktop, I generally use Librewolf (although I also use Vanilla Firefox and Ungoogled Chromium depending on the use case). I do also modify Librewolf a bit further in about:config, and have styled it to be much more minimal using userChrome.css.

Some of my favorite Extensions include:

• Alter
• ByPass Paywalls
• Chameleon
• Classic mode for Wikipedia
• Dark Reader
• NoScript
• OneTab
• StackOverflow/Exchange Prettifier
• uBlock Origin
• Vimium

I have others, but these are the ones that have been game changers. I also browse using DuckDuckGo Lite which cuts back on the distractions and loads fast. The use of DuckDuckGo Bangs also allows for very fast browsing and getting the info I need quickly.

On my Android phone, I use the Mull, Vanadium, and Vanilla Chromium browsers for various use cases, with Mull being the go to. There are a more limited set of extensions on Mull, but have managed to get it very similar, using uBlock, NoScript, DarkReader, DDG Lite, and have used this filter list with ublock to get pretty much the same effect as ByPass Paywalls.

Obviously, I generally have a very different experience browsing the web than most, and generally am not bombarded by ads as I also use Invidious, NewPipe, SponsorBlock, and yt-dlp (which has a sponsorblock flag btw) to grab any vids/music I want. Hope these resources help someone out.

I run Firefox everywhere. If you care about freedom you, dear reader, should too.

On desktop I have these addons installed:

• Allow Right-Click
• Alternate player for Twitch.tv
• Auto-Sort Bookmarks
• Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans
• Bypass Paywalls Clean (D)
• Chameleon
• Don't track me Google
• Download All Images
• Export Cookies
• F.B Purity
• Fakespot
• FastForward
• FediRedirect
• Firefox Color
• Firefox Relay
• Form History Control (II)
• Image Search Options
• IPvFoo
• Keep or Delete Bookmarks
• LibRedirect
• Linguist - web pages translator
• LocalCDN
• MAL-Sync
• Mastodon - Simplified Federation!
• Minimal Theme for Twitter
• open in mpv
• Plasma Integration
• Reddit Enhancement Suite
• Redirect AMP to HTML
• Return Youtube Dislike
• Search by Image
• See On BoardGameGeek
• Sidebery
• Silk - Privacy Pass Client
• Simple Translate
• Tor Snowflake
• Terms of Service; Didn't Read
• Tournesol Extension
• TwitchNoSub
• Twitter View Original Images
• uBlock Origin
• Violentmonkey
• Wallabagger
• Web Archives
• webcompat.com reporter
• Wide Github

Violentmonkey scripts:

• Show Metacritic.com ratings
• MAL-Sync Adult
• Automail
• 4chan X
• Show Rottentomatoes meter
• Vencord
• Adalia Fundamentals
• Sci-Hub button
• AdGuard Extra
• Webcomic Reader
• Barefoot Essentials Fork
• OneeChan
• IG Helper
• Eza's Tumblr Scrape
• Lemmy Universal Link Switcher
• Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass
• AniList Extras
• MoreMovieRatings
• Telegram Media Downloader
• Discord AMOLED Dark Theme
• Tumblr Dashboard
• Twitter: Zoom In Images
• Tumblr HD Video Download Buttons
• Telegram Web - Allow Saving Content
• Twitter Promotion Filter
• Instagram Anonymous Story Viewer
• GoComics control with arrow keys

Safari with 1Blocker, Adblock Pro, AdGuard, Consent-o-matic, Ghostery, and Vinegar

PiHole+:

 * Firefox with uBO, Privacy possum, Sponsorblock as primary, BypassPaywallsClean
 * Brave with shields up and fingerprint resist for when I need chrome, with BypassPaywallsClean and privacy badger.

When a site blocks or is otherwise slow on FF, I use Brave. When a site is slow or blocks brave, I use FF. Brave really stays on top their YT ad blocking so they're a good fallback even if I'm selling my soul to them a bit.

I regularly blow away bookmarks in Brave and reimport from FF to keep all my browsers synced.

If a site doesn't work in FF, then it doesn't work in Brave, I'll open it in vanilla Edge to sanity check but I generally don't open edge otherwise.

Librewolf with Ublock + privacy redirect

Mobile: (android) mull browser with ublock origin, adguard adblocker, privacy badger along with privacy settings on strict. Also, access youtube using the app tubular. PC: (windows) : Firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.

Firefox(Desktop): Ublock origin, Clearurls, Sponsorblock for YouTube,Clickbait remover.

I have an iphone so, safari.

Laptop is waterfox w/Ublock, 1pass & darkreader.

Waterfox feels very fast & secure to me. I really like it for my laptop.

Desktop: (macOS) Orion Browser with uBlock Origin + Consent-o-Matic + Kagi Search, FF with uBlock origin as fallback. Mobile: (iOS/iPadOS) Orion Browser with uBlock Origin + Kagi Search

Firefox with Ghostery add-on, mostly because its built-in cookie-nag blocker. Also use Bitwarden and Dark Reader. Pretty much the same setup on both desktop and mobile.

I’m an apple luser so I use safari on mobile for voyager PWA and m.lemmy.world on safari on laptop

desktop: Firefox with ublock origin, privacy badger, and "Alternate Player for Twitch TV" (html5 alternate twitch player with ad block)

mobile: Revanced YouTube, YouTube music , and Twitch. Also Xtra as a twitch back up

Desktop (Personal):

• Browser: Brave
• Extensions used: uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite, AutoplayStopper, Dark Reader, LeechBlock NG, Cookie AutoDelete, Incognito or Not, Off the Record History, Stylus, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Unhook, Dictionary Anywhere, Content Blocker, Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results, Indie Wiki Buddy, Uber Simple Bookmark Count, BlockTube, Enhancer for YouTube, ClearURLs, Bypass Paywalls Clean, No Opener, No Phishers, Recipe Filter, Redirect AMP to HTML, Smart HTTPS, Text Area Word-Wrap Fixer, Charcoal: Dark Mode for Messenger, Control Panel for Twitter, Office - Enable Copy and Paste, Return YouTube Dislike, SponsorBlock, and YT Playlist Length - Duration Display

Desktop (Work/School):

• Browser: Microsoft Edge
• Extensions used: Cookie AutoDelete, Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, Bypass Paywalls Clean, AutoplayStopper, Grammarly, Incognito or Not, LeechBlock NG, Off the Record History, Return YouTube Dislike, Twemoji for Chrome, Unhook, YT Playlist Length - Duration Display, uBlock Origin Lite, and Uber Simple Bookmark Count

Mobile:

• Browser: Firefox
• Extensions used: uBlock Origin and Dark Reader

Android: Fennec Fdroid with ublock origin Works like a charm

Kiwi browser (Brave & Firefox on desktop) with: uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock, DeArrow (fights YouTube clickbait thumbs & titles, same dev team as Sponsorblock), Violentmonkey with a few scripts: Google Shut Up, Search cookie auto reject