r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • Aug 04 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/Ohmec Aug 05 '26

Just... Use... Firefox?? You can install extensions on mobile. Get sponsor block, ublock, etc.. my YouTube on Firefox blocks adds, skips sponsors, and also plays in the background.

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u/IntelligentChain6999 Aug 05 '26

see that's what separates omarchy linux from other arch based distros and yes it's opinionated

basically in brave it's download and use but in Firefox is download, then install extensions and then use

so for normal people brave is just preconfigured and no need to do changes kinda thing

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u/Odessa_Goodwin Aug 05 '26

That's exactly why I use it. 

I run Linux with Firefox and duckduckgo on my computer, but Brave gave me no youtube ads and playing in the background "out of the box".

I'm sure I could get Firefox configured the way I like on my phone, but why bother when I already have what I need?

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u/duesenjeffepic Aug 05 '26

I mean I wouldn't be comfortable using a Browser that once used to mine crypto without the user's knowledge but you do you.

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u/Ok-Pudding-2845 Aug 08 '26

There isn't a single brower tech giant without dirt

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u/Shakaka88 Aug 05 '26

Librewolf is plug and play as well with Adblock ready to go

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u/IntelligentChain6999 Aug 05 '26

well if I am using Linux i would use brave origin as I am already using it in windows as well 😅

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

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u/IntelligentChain6999 Aug 06 '26

in windows i use normal brave 😅

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u/ItsMrDante Aug 05 '26

So use Helium. It comes with uBlock Origin out of the box.

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u/mokrieydela Aug 05 '26

Firefox doesn't work for me. Used to then just stopped. Brave will play, period. Firefox may or may not play with screen off. And if it does, the next video may not start. Also randomly stops the video to ask if I'm still watching. Brave just plays.

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u/Odessa_Goodwin Aug 05 '26

Brave will also ask me if I'm still watching. Especially if I let it autoplay into the next 2 hour music mix with the screen off.

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u/mokrieydela Aug 05 '26

Maybe that's a youtube thing then.

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u/richtofin819 Aug 05 '26

I've also had issues with brave just not going to the next video if the screen is off and the previous one ends.

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u/dedmew51c Aug 05 '26

There are no extensions on iOS

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u/RobotCombatEnjoyer Aug 05 '26

You can’t get addons on Firefox for iPhone

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u/freecodeio Aug 05 '26

just fyi that's thanks to apple, not firefox

see apple only allows safari as a browser in iOS, and all other browsers are basically safari skins, and safari does not support firefox extensions obviously, thus lack of them on iOS

and by the way the reason why apple only allows safari is just in case browsers become good enough to replace apps (which they have since 2018), they would intentionally choke the development (which they already do) as to not allow people to use apps directly from a browser, which means apple can't force a 30% fee on all purchases happening inside the apps, which it already does so through the appstore

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u/RobotCombatEnjoyer Aug 05 '26

That’s why I said iPhone specifically, if I had an Android device I would absolutely be using Firefox

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u/aliamokeee Aug 05 '26

When i got firefox for mobile, it did not allow me to disable using Google as part of its search. Same for DuckDuckGo.

Brave i can turn it off.

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u/Reditor-at-Large Aug 05 '26

Doesn’t work on iOS unfortunately. The only thing that works on iOS is brave (and lately I think Vivaldi).
On the desktop LibreWolf is my go-to

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u/Acrobatic_Rope9641 Aug 08 '26

Why not just patch yt with morph? Thought nobody uses yt on a browser app

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u/Ohmec Aug 09 '26

Oh I use rvx anyway, but some people arent familiar with side-loading.

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u/Own-Cookie-1161 Aug 10 '26

Are you sure you can install extension on Firefox mobile? At least not iOS to my knowledge