PSA: Stop using Chrome before 2023

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  1. Shawn Hunter

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    It takes up a lot of computer resources to have a few hundred porn tabs open
     
  2. Fusiontegra

    Fusiontegra My life is dope and I do dope shit.#SparedByThanos
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    The audacity to post this with a Nebraska and Tiger logo…
     
  3. Fusiontegra

    Fusiontegra My life is dope and I do dope shit.#SparedByThanos
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    I use it for work :idk:
     
  4. Degausser

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    Then yeah, you use the internet way differently than I do.
     
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  5. Wee Bey

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    Coming from you, toby, this is beyond hilarious
     
  6. Tobias

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    like i said. more thinly veiled conservative grievance drive by posting. even internet browser discussion gets you acting like a weirdo
     
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  7. skiedfrillet

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    I use duck duck go’s browser bc I know they won’t hinder my freedoms
     
  8. Wee Bey

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    Me saying you are full of shit is conservative grievance?
     
  9. Daniel Ocean

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    your mom
     
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  10. PaulKemp

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    y'all don't use a dns service to block ads and trackers across your whole home network regardless of device or browser? sheesh
     
  11. TheFreak55

    TheFreak55 He should keep his mouth firmly shut
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    Good luck
     
  12. Roy

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    You can pry google from my cold dead asshole You firefox fucking Safari scum
     
  13. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    I guess I’ll see how my experience changes in 2023! Until then….
     
  14. Shawn Hunter

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    Not whole home but I have AdGuard DNS ad blocking for all my devices. I'm not really sure how to set it up for the whole network.
     
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  15. AIOLICOCK

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    I'll use any browser that will filter out some of this Russian dog porn I keep getting ads for...
     
  16. PaulKemp

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    I was actually just kidding and only learned stuff like AdGuard and NextDNS were a thing recently after getting annoyed at YouTube ads when using it on my TV — 3 year demands random stuff like wanting to hear giraffe noises, and I have to sit through 30secs of ads for a 2min video. Does it work well? Way cheaper than YT Premium and it’d be nice to block everything across all devices/apps whatever
     
  17. NP13

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    should be able to change in your modem or router settings
     
  18. Goose

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    Nothing in this thread has convinced me to stop using chrome.

    Use safari when on my phone
     
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  19. COVIDiskilingme79

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    Team Firefox

    Support Open Source Software
     
  20. Larry Sura

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    RIP ublock origin?
     
  21. bro

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    Safari is cheeks
     
  22. nofatchildren - cissp

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    It’ll be far less effective on Chrome.
     
  23. Larry Sura

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    If I have to watch YouTube ads I’m going to lose it.
     
  24. IrishLAX2

    IrishLAX2 So you’re telling me there’s a chance
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    The government has been blocking most of Google’s ad-based announcements on the grounds of anti-trust lately, so I wouldn’t take any of their timelines as gospel.

    3rd party cookie deprecation was supposed to happen twice already and they still haven’t done it.
     
  25. southlick

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    Can you cast to TV on the other browsers like I can with Chrome/chromecast?
     
  26. Odin

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    yall just need to pay for yt premium, damn
     
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  27. ~ taylor ~

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    I use DuckDuckGo on Firefox. Where's my parade?
     
  28. kinghill

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    Perhaps we browse different web sites? I dunno. I know I have used an adblock extension in the past, but it probably caused me some problems and I recall reinstalling chrome and keeping it as clean as possible.

    With all that said, I'm going to give Firefox a try. Haven't used Firefox in probably 15 years. It was the best back in the day after moving on from Netscape Navigator.

    I use Chrome a lot browsing from computer, many bookmarks:
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    I just checked and actually do have two extensions installed:

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  29. kinghill

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    oh I do have this, maybe that's why I'm not infiltrated with ads.
     
  30. Odin

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    their ads are genuinely unbearable. $15 is a bargain considering how much i use it.
     
  31. GrizzliesDrew

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  32. slogan119

    slogan119 Her?
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    When did Google openly drop the “Do no evil” slogan?
     
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  33. Lucky24Seven

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    Chrome is such a resource hog. It’s not a good browser.
     
  34. jokewood

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    Love Vivaldi and will be pissed if I have to change.
     
  35. PaulKemp

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    I agree that they're unbearable, but that's more than the Hulu Disney ESPN+ bundle, which is fucking ridiculous
     
  36. GoodForAnother

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    you should actually have already stopped using Chrome before now and if you haven’t you should stop immediately because it’s utter trash and the cause of the majority of problems on this and many other websites (particularly mobile)
     
  37. Odin

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    agreed. but my yt usage is about 7hr/day and i dont think i could hit that in a week with the bundle.
     
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  38. bryix

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    I switched to Firefox in college and I've never looked back. Even during the shittier Firefox years.
     
  39. Shawn Hunter

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    Always been using Safari on iPhone, but I've switched to Firefox on desktop, AMA.
     
  40. Butthead

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    What kind of baby machine are you using where this is noticeable
     
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  41. fattus

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    This is probably the least surprising thing ever posted:

    I don’t use an ad blocker.
     
  42. Redav

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    Love posters like him who think they're hiding the ball when everyone knows what he's doing.
     
  43. ARSENAL

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    Hey. I won’t be stopping my chrome use. Thanks
     
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  44. Doc Louis

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    I'm using duck duck go to plot the next January 6th with the original masterminds of the first January 6: the Super Proud Boiz. No one's expecting it to be on January 5 this coming year so we'll catch them by surprise all for Q!
     
  45. Bruce Bowen

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  46. Lucky24Seven

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  47. Carl Brutananadilewski

    Carl Brutananadilewski do what now?
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    You can side load an app called smart tube that will block ads automatically on YouTube
     
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  48. southlick

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